Saeb Erekat, PLO Secretary-General, Dead at 65

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Saeb Erekat, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the top negotiator for the Palestinian Authority, died Tuesday morning. He was 65.

“Saeb Erekat passed away in the hospital’s intensive care unit,” Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital said in a statement Tuesday.

“Mr. Erekat, who was transferred to the hospital three weeks ago Sunday, on 18 October, was a lung transplantee infected with coronavirus. He was treated in his home in Jericho and arrived at the hospital in critical condition, requiring immediate ventilation and resuscitation treatments.”

“During the course of his hospitalization, he received intensive treatments that included a heart lung machine (ECMO) and drug treatments provided by Hadassah’s top specialists.”

“Unfortunately, his condition did not improve and remained critical, and he passed away following multi-organ failure.”

Erekat was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem last month, after he was infected with the coronavirus.

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