Saeb Erekat, who led Palestinian negotiations for statehood, dies at 65 – PLO secretary-general and Abbas aide succumbs to COVID-19; was one of the chief architects of the Oslo Accords, adversary of Israel in global forums, bitter opponent of Trump plan

Saeb Erekat, who led Palestinian negotiations for statehood, dies at 65 – PLO secretary-general and Abbas aide succumbs to COVID-19; was one of the chief architects of the Oslo Accords, adversary of Israel in global forums, bitter opponent of Trump plan | Timesofisrael

Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian diplomat who spent decades leading negotiations with Israel, has died at the age of 65 due to complications from coronavirus, the Israeli hospital where he has been hospitalized said Tuesday.Erekat was taken to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital last month after several days of being treated by his daughter at his West Bank home.

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