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    Longtime Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat Dies Of Complications From COVID-19

    Often the voice of the Palestinians in peace talks with Israel, Erekat's pursuit of peace through negotiation never prevailed. He was 65.
    by Daniel Estrin Nov 10, 2020 3 minutes

    Saeb Erekat, a tenacious negotiator who helped forge some of the few political gains for Palestinians over more than two decades of on-again, off-again talks with Israel but who was ultimately frustrated by the two sides' failure to achieve a final peace settlement, died Tuesday from complications of COVID-19.

    Erekat, 65, was being treated in Hadassah University Hospital Ein Kerem, in Jerusalem. His death was announced by his family on Facebook, and confirmed to NPR by his spokesman, Xavier Abu Eid.

    A longtime adviser to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman

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