Erekat: No Plans for Kerry, Abu Mazen, Netanyahu Summit - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian senior politician and chief negotiator stands near a road under construction, which has become the latest focal point of Arab-Israeli discontent, in the Arab neighbourhood of Beit Safafa in Jerusalem March 14, 2013. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched deals for a coalition government on Thursday reflecting a shift to the centre in Israel and a domestic agenda that has shunted peacemaking with Palestinians to the sidelines. "We hope that this Israeli government will — Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian senior politician and chief negotiator, stands near a six-lane highway under construction, which would divide the Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa in Jerusalem, March 14, 2013. — REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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