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Saeb Erekat

Featured / Antisemitism / Media / Coronavirus

The Vaccine Blood Libel

By Edwin Black

Saeb Erekat, a top Palestinian negotiator, was rushed to a Jerusalem hospital when he faced a COVID-19 respiratory crisis.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Terrorist Killed was Nephew of PA’s Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

In December 2015, another relative of Erekat also committed a terror attack, and was killed.

Israel / Politics / Elections / Palestinian Authority

PA Sources: Abbas Encouraged Joint Arab List to Recommend Gantz

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

The Palestinian Authority put a lot of pressure on the Arab party to help Gantz oust Netanyahu.

US / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

‘Unwilling to Act Rationally/Professionally’ - Jason Greenblatt Criticizes PA Leadership for Rejecting the Unreleased Deal of the Century

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Greenblatt has clashed with the PA’s leadership on several occasions and has accused them of choosing terrorism over peace, at the expense of their own people.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Anti-Israel NGOs / European Union

Erekat Rejects EU Requirement that 'Palestinian NGOs' Renounce Ties to Terrorism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel released a series of reports exposing ties between supposed human rights organizations and terrorist groups.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority

Senior PA Official Saeb Erekat Mourns Death of Terrorist, Calls for Investigation of Israel

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Hamas terrorist Bassam al-Saeh was responsible for the murders of Eitam and Naama Henkin in October 2015.

Headline / IDF & Security / US / Eye on "Palestine" / Judea & Samaria

Official: US Security Funds to PA Cut Off, USAID Shutters West Bank, Gaza Operations

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The move occurred in accordance with the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act, signed into law in October, that provides protections for American victims of international terrorism.

Featured / US / Politics / Jerusalem / South America

Pence Pushed Paraguay to Keep Embassy in Jerusalem

By JNi.Media

"The Vice President strongly encouraged President Abdo Benitez to follow through with Paraguay’s previous commitment to move the embassy."

Headline / US / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Palestinian Authority Leaders Fume Over Trump Jerusalem Comments

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Erekat said it would not be realistic to talk about peace without designating eastern Jerusalem as the Palestinian Authority capital.

Featured / US / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / United Nations (UN)

Trump, Kushner, Seek to Remove Refugee Status of Millions of Arabs Who Never Fled from Anywhere

By JNi.Media

Why haven't the PLO and Hamas permitted these three million or so people to turn their tent and shack cities into actual cities? Because if they do, it would mean they have given up the hope of returning to Israel.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset

PA: Israel's Blocking 'Pay-to Slay' a Declaration of War

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The PA said it would file complaints against Israel at the International Criminal Court and U.N. Security Council.

Headline / US / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Erekat: Kushner, Greenblatt, Want to Destroy the Palestinian Authority

By JNi.Media

They are seriously concerned over in Ramallah about President Trump's apparent plan to go over their heads to the people and give them what they need: prosperity.

Headline / Palestinian Authority

Battle for Succession in Palestinian Authority Moves into High Gear

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Even if Mahmoud Abbas recovers and leaves the hospital, it is clear that he is living on borrowed time.

Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten

Israel Uncensored: Senior PLO Official to Haley - "Shut Up"

By The Land of Israel

All the top stories in the news from Israel with Josh Hasten, from PLO propagandist spokesman telling US Ambassador to "shut up", to Israel foiling an attempt to smuggle explosive materials into Gaza and more today on Israel Uncensored.

Featured / US / Politics / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

US Calls Kushner-Abbas Meeting 'Fruitful' But Doesn't Specify 'Fruits'

By JNi.Media

The US Consulate—rather than the US embassy in Tel Aviv—said the US-run talks are the best way to reach a comprehensive peace agreement.

Headline / US / Politics / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Washington Saying Ramallah Isn't Giving Peace a Chance

By JNi.Media

A senior PA official said Abbas refuses to meet the US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman because of his well documented support for the settlements, for which Kushner and Greenblatt rebuked the Chairman during their meeting.

Syria / US / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Proposed US Amb to Israel Grilled by Senate Foreign Relations Comm

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Friedman: As Ambassador I will represent this administration's policies not my own; and I will welcome all Americans, of every political view, when they visit Israel.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / Jerusalem

Fake News: Trump Caved to Arab Pressure on Jerusalem Embassy Move

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Claims that Trump administration caved to Arab pressure over the embassy move constitute fake news.

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Analysis: Pro-Terrorist PA Senior Compares IDF Actions to ISIS Terrorism

By JNi.Media

Erekat has raised the flame under his attacks on Israel for its audacious killing of Arab terrorists, looking to link it in the Europeans' minds the horror Arab terrorists are inflicting on their civilian population.

IDF & Security / Jewish / US / Government / News Briefs / Media

Dozens of IDF Officers Protest Rivlin's Presence at Haaretz-NIF Meeting

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The President's office says he will not appear when an anti-IDF group speaks, but the line-up of speakers looks like a "Who's Who" of anti-Zionists.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Saeb Erekat Says Only 'a Few People Believe in Two States' Idea

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The PLO executive and former "negotiator" also asserts PLO made an "historical compromise" by telling the U.S. it won’t try to destroy Israel.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Saed Erekat: Dead Terrorists Are 'Men Who Lost Hope'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Erekat, the chief "negotiator" for Abbas and the secretary general of the PLO, blames Israel for the murder of Jews by Arabs "who have lost hope."

Terrorism / Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Senior Hamas Official: Time Ripe for 3rd Intifada

By JNi.Media

So far, no Palestinian Authority officials have condemned the murders of Jews by Arabs in the past three days in Jerusalem.

Syria / US / News Briefs / Europe / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Russia / ISIS

Obama's UN Speech Ignores Israel but Hits Hard at Putin and Assad

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama finally understands: "There are no simple answers to the changes that are taking place in much of the Middle East and North Africa."

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

PLO Protesting Israel’s New Rules of Engagement Against Rioters

By JNi.Media

As Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem, the PA says the measures Israel wants to take dehumanize the attackers.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Exposé: Settlements Frozen as Netanyahu Strikes Secret Deals with Abbas, Herzog

By JNi.Media

Netanyahu reportedly gave away a number of concessions in order to buy some quiet from the Palestinian Authority.

Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Saeb Erekat Takes Over as Head of PLO

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Erekat has recommended that the PLO withdraw its recognition of Israel.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA's Saeb Erekat Calls for Withdrawing Recognition of Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Arafat in 1988 recognized Israel as a Jewish state. Abbas has wanted to delete the word "Jewish." Now Erekat wants to delete the word "Israel."

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / France / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / European Union

French NGOs and Palestinian Authority behind BDS Pressure on Orange

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The boycotters submitted a 51-page anti-Israel document to Orange last month, says NGO monitor.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / France / Jerusalem

French Firm Pulls Out of Jerusalem Cable Car Project after PA Pressure

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian Authority’s chief negotiator, had contacted French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to complain about the project.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Kerry Tries to Head Off Abbas at the Pass

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas' sidekick Erekat says Palestinian Authority will win the High Noon showdown and go the UN for statehood.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

PA Chief Negotiator Compares Netanyahu with ISIS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority continues to remove its mask and show it is Hamas in sheep's clothing.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Gaza / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Spokesperson Ridicules US Criticism of Abbas's UN Speech

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

PLO member and PA spokesperson Saeb Erekat ridiculed state dept. spokesperson for Abbas criticism

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Obama Silent on Plans for New Homes for Jerusalem (Arabs)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Why are new homes for Jews an “obstacle to peace” and homes for Arabs “a step forward in the peace process”?

US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Arab Sources: State Dept Again Pressuring Israel to Restart Talks

By Rachel Levy

Arab media claim the US is again pressuring Israel to restart final status talks with the Palestinian Authority.

Op-Eds

Abbas to Kerry: 'Please Beg Me More!'

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Kerry has literally been "begging" Abbas to agree to the extension of the peace talks.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Abbas Inches Towards the ‘No State’ Solution

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If not now, then later, the Arabs will again prove they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Kerry, Livni and Abbas Take a Seventh-Inning Stretch

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A sports broadcaster would have his hands full trying to keep up with Wednesday’s fast-paced frantic Peace Talks Game.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Livni and Kerry Help Abbas Climb Down from His High Horse

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“No I get by with a little help from my friends/Mm I get high with a little help from my friends” – the Beatles.

Israel / US / Palestinian Authority

Obama to Invite Abbas to White House

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama is ratcheting up the pressure and will invited Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the White House, Arab media reported Monday. A summit in Washington with Abbas would “even things out” politically since the president is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu next week, when the Prime Minister will address […]

Elder of Ziyon

Erekat Says Family in Palestine for 9000 years – They Came from Arabia

By Elder of Ziyon

Saeb Erekat is, once again, lying. Just as we caught him lying many, many times before.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Settlements / European Union

Czech Ambassador Slammed for Ariel University Visit

By JTA

A Palestinian official accused the Czech Republic of violating European Union directives after its ambassador to Israel visited an Israeli university in Samaria. The visit last week by Ambassador Tomas Pojar to the University of Ariel, located in the largest Israeli settlement in Samaria, was a first for an EU ambassador, according to the Jerusalem […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

PA Negotiator Erekat Rules Out Extending Talks beyond Nine Months

By Jewish Press News Desk

Senior Palestinian Authority Saeb Erekat negotiator Saeb Erekat has dashed and ideas that the “nine-month peace talks” will be extended and told the PA’s official radio station Monday, "We turn down any extension.” Erekat said  his previous remarks have been misinterpreted and clarified,  "I said that if we reach an agreement on all final status […]

US / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Kerry Says Talks Are in Difficult Security Phase

By JTA

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said talks between Israelis and Palestinians entered a difficult phase over security guarantees. Speaking in Tel Aviv before returning to the United States, Kerry said the sides remained committed to advancing toward a peace agreement and that he expected to return to the region in a week or so. […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

PA Negotiators Climb Down from a Weak Limb and Now ‘Oversee’ Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority negotiating team has found its way down from a weak limb on a tall tree by saying that they resignations are final but that they will continue “temporarily” until replacements are found. Presumably, that will happen in around five months, when the nine-month period  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Grand Plan […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

PA Negotiators Finally Quit - Again

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The good news is that Saeb Erekat and his sidekick finally have made good on their perennial threat to quit as Abbas’ “negotiators.” The bad news is that they might return or, worse, that they will be replaced.

US / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

Binyamin (Kerry) Netanyahu Freezes New Homes for Maaleh Adumim

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“E-1” is a red line in the Abbas-Netanyahu chess match of who can stay out of being cornered in the blame game. The Housing Ministry moved the E-1 pawn out front. Netanyahu pulled it back. Maaleh Adumim gets rooked.

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

PA Back in Town to Wink at PA’s Loaded Deck of Cards

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel and Palestinian Authority negotiators promised Kerry they would hold secret talks, without using the media to promote agendas. Israel has obliged. PA negotiator Saeb Erekat has not.

Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinians Accuse Peace Negotiators of Treason

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinian leaders have legitimized Israel to the point where it has become a "crime" for any Palestinian to be seen talking to, much less negotiating with any Israeli.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Livni Takes Herself Seriously - Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tzipi Livni, Israel’s senior negotiator in direct talks with the Palestinian Authority, could not resist the opportunity to say something about Wednesday night peace talks and revealed to reporters that the discussions were “serious.” Would anyone expect that the talks would not be serious? Thanks to Livni, everyone now knows that she and Saeb Erekat […]

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Erekat: First 26 Arab Terrorist Prisoners to be Released Aug. 13

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

26 of the 104 Arab Palestinian prisoners will be released on Aug. 13, according to Arab negotiator Saeb Erekat

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Obama Meets with Israeli and PA Negotiators

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Lest anyone forget who gets the blame for the failure of the renewed peace talks or for the"credit" of any agreement to hold water, Obama put in his two cents and met with PA and Israeli negotiators Tuesday.

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Kerry Jumps on Okay for Freeing Terrorists, Announces Peace Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry and Livni have a lot in common. They both talk a lot and say nothing; they love themselves; and they are celebrating their return to diplomatic stardom. They may be “stars for a day.”

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Jordan / Settlements

Kerry‘s ‘Peace Process’ Ghost to Haunt Washington on Tuesday

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry can come out smelling sweet and let Israel and the PA blow up next week’s return of the ghost of direct talks Then he could end the travesty. But he wants to stink up the place with a decayed corpse of the peace process.

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

PA Touts Kerry’s Return while He Stays at Wife’s Hospital Bed

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Big Lie, big explosion. Media spread a story yesterday that Kerry will be back in town this week. Today, the PA claims Bibi met with PA honchos. Abbas forgot that Kerry’s wife is in critical condition.

Terrorism / US / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

PA Pulls Out ‘War Crime’ Threat if Direct Talks Don’t Resume

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Decline and Fall of the ‘Peace Process’, Chapter 2,543: If Israel does not agree to PA unconditional conditions for non-negotiated negotiations for a PA state, it will charge Israel with war crimes.

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Kerry’s Dream and Abbas' Nightmare Meet in Biblical Beit El

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Israeli government has announced a new step in plans to build 300 new homes in Beit El, in  northern Samaria, just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to convince Mahmoud Abbas to return to talks if Israel slaps a freeze on building for Jews in Judea and Samaria. Reports from Israeli […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Holocaust

PA Refuses to Change 'A Few Words’ for Kerry

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry’s latest “listening tour” is drawing the familiar echo of “no.” The Palestinian Authority boasts that Kerry asked it to change a “few words” in the Saudi Peace Initiative. Nice try. John.

Aaron Klein

Quick Takes: News You May Have Missed

By Aaron Klein

Thousands Of Radicals Poised To Fight Assad At least 5,000 global jihadists are positioned near Syria’s borders with Turkey and Lebanon attempting to infiltrate Syria to aid the opposition fighting Bashar Assad’s regime, a senior Syrian government official told to this column. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Syrian military hopes to […]

Israel / Eye on "Palestine"

Spat Between Israeli, PA Delegations in Amman

By Malkah Fleisher

After a nasty interchange between Israeli and PA representatives in Amman, Prime Minister Netanyahu telling his cabinet "signs are not particularly good" for peace as a result of negotiations

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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