Top Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat says top officials in the White House, including expected Mideast point man Jared Kushner, are not responding to messages from the Palestinians.
“I don’t know the guy. I don’t know any of them. We have sent them letters, written messages, they don’t even bother to respond to us,” Erekat tells Newsweek.
Speaking about the president’s silence over Israel’s recent announcement to build thousands of new homes in West Banks settlements, Erekat says, “We Palestinians are so worried. [Trump] does not comment. Trump is Trump and it’s up to him what he will do with the settlement policies. At the end of the day, peace is made between Palestinians and Israelis.”
“My worst-case scenario: I’m under Israeli occupation. What can Trump do to me?” he asks. “He’s only been there for a week. If that’s the trend of four years: God help us, God help the whole world,” he adds.
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