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PA chief negotiator Erekat rushed to Israeli hospital after Covid infection

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Published: 20 October 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Veteran experiencing breathing difficulties after immunity weakness caused by infection; five major Euro powers slam Israel over planned settlement expansion

Saeb Erekat rushed to Israeli hospital as COVID-19 condition worsens (Jerusalem Post)
Earlier, Erekat said he was experiencing "difficult symptoms resulting from my lack of immunity as a result of lung transplantation"

European countries slam Israel over planned settlement expansion (Al-Monitor)
The foreign ministries of France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Spain called for an immediate halt to settlement construction in the West Bank

Palestinians warn of apartheid, one state with new settler housing plans (Jerusalem Post)
The Palestinian Authority warned the United Nations that Israel had paved the way for apartheid and a one-state reality with its advancement and approval this week of plans for 5,288 new settler homes

‘I’m anti-occupation because I’m a Zionist, not despite it’ (Times of Israel)

Photo: Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat in Amman, September 6 (Muhammed Hamed/Reuters)
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