I think personally speaking, I think if the two states are undermined between the river of Jordan and the Mediterranean, Palestinians should focus on one state equal rights.
Saeb Erekat: “I think personally speaking, I think if the two states are undermined between the river of Jordan and the Mediterranean…”
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Erekat discusses the implications of the U.S. recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and suggests that Palestinians should shift their focus to seeking equal rights instead of a two-state solution.
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He's rewarding the Israeli government for a settlement activities, dictation, human rights violations and the upper sight system they're creating.
Well, I think, Anderson, what we need now is first to sustain the cease-fire, the next 72 hours are crucial. And then at the same time, we are working to extend the cease-fire for -- to make it permanent.
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.
What we're saying is that it's in the Palestinian interest to sustain and maintain and extend the cease-fire and at the same time, the balance here is to alleviate the suffering for the 1.7 million people in Gaza.