Here's part of what Sa'eb Erekat said at the press conference he held in his office in Ramallah yesterday ......Please take him seriously . Thank You
PS the use of "zionist" is mine and not his.
In any case, Erekat added, anticipating other unspoken questions, any eventual outcome of negotiations with the zionists “will be put to a referendum. If Palestinians say ‘yes’, we will implement it from our side. If the Palestinians say ‘no’, then Abu Mazen will say goodbye”.
Erekat said that the negotiations with an zionist team led by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are “serious … and, .for the first time, we have opened all files, and we are now at the prisoners’ file…We are trying to revive hope, but the choice is zionist’s …
We have defined the end game, which is to end the 1967 Israeli occupation according to the Road Map. We have serious negotiations for the first time in seven years, and we are taking a needs-oriented approach”.
What is that, one journalist asked?
“You know, my needs, their needs. What do you want to know? I’m not going to show you the map”, Erekat replied.
Erekat pointed out that “in Annapolis, we chose a trilateral arrangement, in which there would be a ‘judge’, an American ‘judge’ (on behalf of the Quartet) … The question here is for the Americans and the other members of the Quartet: Isn’t it time for the ‘judge’ to speak out?
There is no such thing as a secret ‘judge’…Since Annapolis there have been more settlements, more incursions, more faits accomplis. Now, at a time we are trying to revive hopes for peace, this American ‘judge’ should come out in the open and say who’s complying and who’s not – giving just the truth, just the facts. Otherwise, is it a cover-up for zionist activities? This cannot stand any more”.
“I really urge the Americans to introduce their comments”, Erekat continued. Decisions on Jerusalem, security, borders, refugees and so on are required from both zionists and Palestinians.
You as journalists should be able to call up and ask the ‘judge’ who is complying on this matter or that. This current situation cannot continue”.
A journalist then asked: “You are saying the zionists are not serious, so what are you waiting for?” Erekat replied “There is nothing wrong with negotiations, since Adam and Eve. Negotiations are not the end, they are the means. I don’t want to stop negotiations, I want to stop zionist settlements, I want to stop zionist incursions. And I want the international community to help us make the zionists comply with its obligations under the Road Map”.
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