Erekat: Israel is racist and should be punished

Speaking to the Ma’an news agency, the PA’s chief negotiator Saeb Erekat referred to the heated argument he had with Zionist regime’s Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel’s negotiator with the PA, during the Munich Security Conference this past weekend.

Erekat said that the reason for the argument was Livni’s insistence that the PA recognize Zionist regime as a Jewish state as part of a future agreement.

“I told her in front of the whole world that we will not change our history, our religion or our civilization,” he said.

“We are the lawful sons of Palestine; we will not accept Israel as a Jewish state”.

Erekat continued, “I informed Livni that Israel must apologize for Palestinian refugees, because they weren’t displaced by a volcano or a tsunami, but by the establishment of Israel. They should apologize to them and solve their issue on the basis of the Arab Peace Initiative and international decisions.”

“Livni accused us of not wanting peace, and I told her that Israel is racist against Palestinians in ways that did not happen in South Africa. The world should rise against this racist regime, hold it accountable and punish it,” he said.