Top Palestinian Authority negotiator and PLO secretary-general Saeb Erekat dies a month after being infected with the coronavirus.
Saeb Erekat, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the top negotiator for the Palestinian Authority, died Tuesday morning. He was 65.
Erekat was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem last month, after he was infected with the coronavirus.
A survivor of pulmonary fibrosis, Erekat was at elevated risk for the coronavirus, and was listed in serious condition when he was admitted to the hospital.
The PLO secretary-general had suffered from serious health problems in recent years, undergoing a lung transplant in Virginia in 2017.
Erekat was a frequent critic of Israel, accusing Israel of “war crimes”, “massacres”, and “genocide”.
In 2013, Erekat accused Israel of applying a policy of apartheid in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem.
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