Saeb Erekat, chief Palestinian negotiator in peace talks with Israel, has submitted his resignation Saturday, February 12. Erekat said his resignation "negotiations committee" Palestinian "responsibility he assumed for the stolen documents in his office," documents which he said were "adulterated" intentionally.
He was referring to documents released in January by the Al-Jazeera, covering the peace talks since 1999, interrupted for several months. Hundreds of these "confidential documents" according the chain, as it showed that the Palestinian negotiators were ready in 2008 to major concessions on East Jerusalem and the fate of refugees.
Appointed in 2003, team leader of the PLO Negotiations Saeb Erekat was nearly 20 years as the eloquent advocate the Palestinian cause. This university 55 years, who speaks in perfect English, not without humor, was part of all teams of negotiators with Israel since 1991, with the notable exception of those who discussed the secret Oslo Accords in 1993.
Direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians relaunched on September 2 in Washington after more than nine-month hiatus, have been suspended since the Sept. 26 expiration of a moratorium on Israeli settlements. To resume talks, the Palestinians demand a freeze on settlements and call for clear political references, including ending the occupation of Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, was immediately welcomed the resignation. It "demonstrates the veracity of leaked documents," the Islamist movement. 
He was referring to documents released in January by the Al-Jazeera, covering the peace talks since 1999, interrupted for several months. Hundreds of these "confidential documents" according the chain, as it showed that the Palestinian negotiators were ready in 2008 to major concessions on East Jerusalem and the fate of refugees.
Appointed in 2003, team leader of the PLO Negotiations Saeb Erekat was nearly 20 years as the eloquent advocate the Palestinian cause. This university 55 years, who speaks in perfect English, not without humor, was part of all teams of negotiators with Israel since 1991, with the notable exception of those who discussed the secret Oslo Accords in 1993.
Direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians relaunched on September 2 in Washington after more than nine-month hiatus, have been suspended since the Sept. 26 expiration of a moratorium on Israeli settlements. To resume talks, the Palestinians demand a freeze on settlements and call for clear political references, including ending the occupation of Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, was immediately welcomed the resignation. It "demonstrates the veracity of leaked documents," the Islamist movement.
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