A solução do negociador-chefe palestino Erekat para o Haram al-Sharif - The Palestine Papers - Al Jazeera English

Erekat's solution for the Haram - The Palestine Papers - Al Jazeera English

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In a meeting on October 21, 2009 with George Mitchell, the US Middle East envoy, David Hale, Mitchell’s deputy, and Jonathan Schwartz, the then-US State Department legal adviser, Erekat told the Americans that they would need a “creative” solution for the division of the Old City.

Erekat: “It’s solved. You have the Clinton Parameters formula. For the Old City sovereignty for Palestine, except the Jewish quarter and part of the Armenian quarter … the Haram can be left to be discussed - there are creative ways, having a body or a committee, having undertakings for example not to dig [excavations under the Al Aqsa mosque]. The only thing I cannot do is convert to Zionism.”
Schwartz: To confirm to Sen. Mitchell, [this is] your private idea …
Erekat: This conversation is in my private capacity.
Schwartz: We’ve heard the idea from others. So you’re not the first to raise it.
Erekat: Others are not the chief negotiator of the PLO.

This was a surprising statement from Erekat: The status of the Haram al-Sharif has rarely been discussed during negotiations.
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