We call upon the Israeli government to reciprocate and to recognize the state of Palestine and to join in a meaningful peace process that will end this Israeli occupation.
Saeb Erekat: “We call upon the Israeli government to reciprocate and to recognize the state of Palestine and to join in a meaningful…”
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Erekat emphasizes the need for Israel to recognize Palestine and engage in peace negotiations to end the occupation.
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No, Anderson. No. We don't want the rocket to be fired. We want to sustain the cease-fire. We want to extend the cease-fire and we're exerting every possible effort to do that.
You need to have a strong Palestinian government that will come through ballots not bullets, that come through the elections which we intend to convene for all Palestinian parties and that's the way forward and that's the way to make peace.
I want rockets not to be fired. I want Israel to stop bombarding Gaza because I think today, six Palestinians were killed between the West Bank in Gaza today and that's not the point here.
I say that President Trump became part of the problem, not part of the solution.