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Saeb Erekat: “No, Anderson. No. We don't want the rocket to be fired. We want to sustain the cease-fire. We want to extend the…”

On the recordAugust 7, 2014
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.
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Saeb Erekat

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Saeb Erekat expresses the Palestinian Authority's desire to sustain and extend the cease-fire amidst ongoing violence.

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