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January 26, 2011

PA Negotiator Claims Palestine Papers Endangering His Life 
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The documents in the "Palestine Papers" also record the Palestinian
Authority's chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, discussing the PA's armed
conflict against Hamas. Speaking to a U.S. official in 2009, Erekat is
quoted as saying, "We have had to kill Palestinians to establish one
authority, one gun and the rule of law." On Tuesday, Erekat said Al
Jazeera's publication of the documents is endangering his life.

Saeb Erekat: "The way I'm watching TV, I think what Al Jazeera people
are doing is asking Palestinians to shoot me, physically. That's what
they're doing. They're saying, 'You are guilty, and thus you should be
executed, and after you're executed you should be given unfair trial,
period.' Al Jazeera code of ethics 2011. Every single negotiating
session I attended, the slogan, 'Nothing is agreed until everything is
agreed, and so far nothing has been agreed.'"



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