  saeb muhammad salih erekat (also erikat or erakat or arekat;  á¹¢ÄÊ¼ib Ê»urayqÄt or Ê»rÄqÄt; born 28 april 1955) was the palestinian chief of the plo steering and monitoring committee until 12 february 2011. he negotiated the oslo accords with israel and remained chief negotiator from 1995 until may 2003, when he resigned in protest from the palestinian government. he later reconciled with the party and was reappointed to the post in september 2003. ==personal life and education== saeb erekat was born on 28 april 1955 in jericho or abu dis,saeb erekat. lawrenceofcyberia.blogs.com'politics in palestine', palestinian national authority: the pa ministerial cabinet list emergency cabinet, october 2003 â november 2003, jerusalem media and communication centre.'saeb erekat', globalsecurity.org then under jordanian occupation. erekat is one of seven children, with his brothers and sisters living outside of israel or the palestinian territories.chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat: abu mazen rejected the israeli proposal in annapolis like arafat rejected the camp david 2000 proposal, memri, 27 march 2009- in my family, we are seven siblings. my six brothers and sisters are in the diaspora. erekat received a ba and ma in political science at san francisco state university in the united states, and completed his ph.d. in peace and conflict studies at bradford university in england. he is married and is father of twin daughters and two sons. on 8 may 2012, he was hospitalized in ramallah after suffering a heart attack.[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middl
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