Article: PALESTINE - May 16 - Erekat Quits After Being Dropped From Talks With Sharon.(Brief Article)

Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat submits his resignation after being cut out of high-level talks between PM Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ariel Sharon on May 17. Israeli and PA officials say the PA is essentially divided now between Pres. Arafat and PM Abbas. In forming his own cabinet, Abbas sought to sideline Erekat, a longtime ally of Arafat, but, in a compromise with Arafat, Abbas agreed to give him the senior negotiating role. Yet Abbas did not include Erekat in a group of Palestinian officials he invited to meet with Sharon ...

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