Dr. Saeb Erekat, a long-time Palestinian cheif negotiator and senior PLO leader, died Tuesday after contracting the coronavirus last month. He was 65 years old.
He had been receiving treatment at Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem since his medical condition deteriorated in mid-October. He received a lung transplant in 2017.
The 65-year-old diplomat has been a leading Palestinian politician in peace negotiations with 'Israel' since they started in the 1990s.
In 1991, he was deputy head of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid conference, and in sibsequent talks in Washington in 1992 and 1993.
He was also a participant in the 1993 Oslo Accords and three years later became the chief Palestinian negotiator in 'peace talks' with Israel.
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