MK Odeh: "Generations of Palestinians will still remember him" • MK Horowitz: "Peace be upon your will" • Lehavah chairman Benzi Gupstein: "We expect similar news about Abu Mazen"
Saeb Erekat
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The struggle of PLO secretary Saeb Erekat with corona disease came to an end today (Tuesday) with his death at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. Expressing sorrow and the rest of them were actually on the happy side of his passing.
MK Ayman Odeh from the joint list praised him on Twitter and wrote: "Saeb will not get to see his people freed from the shackles of the occupation but generations of Palestinians will still remember him as one of the giants who dedicated his life for their independence."
Saeb will not get to see his people freed from the shackles of occupation but generations of Palestinians will still remember him as one of the giants who dedicated his life for their independence.
- Ayman Odeh (@AyOdeh) November 10, 2020
Meretz chairman MK Nitzan Horowitz expressed condolences on the death of Dr. Saib Erekat and said: "Rest in peace on your bed, peace is your will.
My condolences to the Erekat family and the Palestinian people on the death of Dr. Saeb Erekat: a statesman, a man of peace and one of the leaders in negotiations with Israel since the Madrid Conference, when he was very young.
Dr. Erekat has always preferred the way of dialogue over violence and turned the two-state vision into his life project. I got to know him for years. We argued a lot but despite his frustration with the situation he never abandoned his adherence to a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine. Your will.
The Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Labor Party, Amir Peretz, also expressed sorrow over the death of Saeb Erekat and said: "Erekat will be remembered as a man who believed in the process and accompanied the negotiations with Israel for many years, and preferred peace over violence. My condolences to his family and the Palestinian people." .
On the other hand, there were also reactions that were happy about Erekat's death.
The chairman of the Lehavah organization, Benzi Gupstein, responded to the death of Saeb Erekat and said: "In the loss of the wicked Rina. The enemies of Israel. To life, Jews. "
Participated in the preparation of the article: Yuri Yalon