JERUSALEM (JTA) — Chief Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat has tested positive for the coronavirus.
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The Palestine Liberation Organization made the announcement Thursday on Erekat’s Twitter feed.
Erekat has quarantined at his home in Jericho, Al Jazeera reported. He met days ago with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the rest of the PLO executive committee, all of whom have since tested negative for the virus.
Erekat is considered at high risk for complications from the coronavirus since he had a heart attack in 2012 and a lung transplant due to pulmonary fibrosis in 2017. He is 65 years old.
Erekat has led the Palestinians in negotiations with Israel for the last 25 years. He is the secretary general of the PLO.
The Secretariat of the PLO Executive Committee and the NAD announce that Dr.Saeb Erekat, the PLO SG and the Head of the Negotiations Dept,has been infected with COVID-19,and wishes him a speedy recovery.We apologize for canceling all his appointments until his complete recovery. https://t.co/xUytieknl8
— Dr. Saeb Erakat الدكتور صائب عريقات (@ErakatSaeb) October 8, 2020
Palis have a peace negotiator?..
thanks to corona virus, the terrorists are getting terrorized
Lets daven that him and Abbas perish from it and that it’s a kapra for so many of klal Yisroel’s tzarus from covid
couldn’t happen to a nicer guy