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	Nabil Shaath
		Shaath was a member of the Madrid delegation and played a leading role in the Oslo process.
		Dr. Shaath is a highly educated, western-style Palestinian politician, with close ties to Arafat, Israel and the United States.
		Shaath is a savvy politician who is at home in the western political sphere, and he remains a favorite of Washington's.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Shaath.html (568 words)

	Nabil Shaath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shaath served as Palestine's first ever foreign minister from April 2003 to February 2005.
		Shaath made news on 2005-10-07 by commenting for a BBC documentary that in a 2003 meeting with United States President George W. Bush, Bush told him and other Palestinian officials that he was "driven with a mission from God".
		According to Shaath, the quotation was: "God would tell me, George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nabil_Shaath (268 words)

	CBSNews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Shaath, with a doctorate in economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, has worked in business and academia, and been a member of the PLO's central committee since 1970.
		Shaath was born in Safad, in what is now northern Israel, and grew up in Egypt.
		Balding, affable, accessible and fluent in English, Shaath is the man Arafat has charged with the bulk of the Palestinians' foreign relations.
	www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/arafat/whois_shaath.html (108 words)

	Aides Confirm Arafat's Decline, Reconcile in Paris With His Wife (washingtonpost.com)
		Shaath said a tearful Suha Arafat had embraced all four members of the delegation and welcomed them at the hospital despite her bitter words two days ago.
		Shaath attributed her previous outburst to "psychological tensions," concluding, "This is all over." Suha Arafat remained in the hospital compound and made no public statement.
		Shaath said it would be "indecent to discuss somebody's burial while he's very much alive." But in Ramallah on Tuesday evening, Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat and senior Arafat aide Tayeb Abdul Rahim said the Palestinian leader would be buried at his headquarters there, known as the Mukata, when he died.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A35959-2004Nov9.html (1126 words)

	PMC - Who's Who ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nabil Shaath was appointed Deputy Prime Minster and Minister of Information in Mahmoud Abbas’ new government.
		Shaath is a member of Fatah's Central Committee and was part of the Palestinian delegation to the 1991 Madrid Middle East Peace Conference and has participated in several sessions of peace negotiations with Israel in Oslo and Washington.
		Shaath headed the first delegation of the PLO to the United Nations and accompanied President Yasser Arafat during his famous 1974 speech at the U.N General Assembly.
	www.palestine-pmc.com /whodesc.asp?id=12 (240 words)

	Shaath calls on EU to launch dual initiative for Mideast peace - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Shaath is due in Berlin on Wednesday for talks with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, in London on Thursday to meet British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and in Dublin on Friday for talks with Irish counterpart Brian Cohen.
		Shaath said Europe "may be able to play an important role" in the Middle East over the next six months, as he said the United States would be preoccupied with presidential elections in November.
		Shaath also called on the French to support the Palestinian opposition to the International Court of Justice in The Hague regarding the controversial barrier fence Israel is erecting to separate parts of the Palestinian territories from Israel.
	www.eubusiness.com /External_Relations/040105200053.kzpiqjzs (511 words)

	Nabil Shaath: Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nabil and I have spent hours, days, weeks, even months in those negotiations, and I can testify to the dedication and commitment he demonstrated to the cause of peaceful reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
		Nabil had been negotiating for days and nights without sleep, and while the shenanigans were taking place on the stage, Yasser Arafat was refusing to the sign the maps, Nabil was quietly sleeping through the whole performance.
		From 1961 to 1965, Dr. Shaath taught finance and economics at the University of Pennsylvania and later at the Universities of Cairo, Alexandria, and Beirut.
	www.brook.edu /comm/transcripts/20011109.htm (5813 words)

	The Epoch Times :: Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza Could Set Stage for Cease-Fire, says Palestinian Official
		Shaath was responding to recent statements by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who says that, in the absence of peace talks with the Palestinians, he sees no alternative to a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza.
		Shaath warned that, even if Israel leaves Gaza, the Palestinians will not give up their long-standing demand for statehood, and their desire to implement the international road map peace plan.
		Shaath is expected to visit Washington in a few weeks to discuss Israel's Gaza withdrawal plan with senior U.S. officials.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/4-4-8/20876.html (454 words)

	EUPolitix.com - Nabil Shaath, Palestinian Authority Minister of foreign affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nabil Shaath: The relationship with the EU is an alliance of choice for the Palestinians.
		Nabil Shaath: We are not part of this problem because there are very few Palestinians in respect of the Muslim community in Europe.
		Nabil Shaath: I think that the rise of these extremist rightist religious groups has really created the dilemma among governments such as the French one.
	www.eupolitix.com /EN/Interviews/200402/6777e753-8532-449a-8677-f00cb30d901a.htm (1344 words)

	The Jerusalem Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		According to Shaath, the Palestinians have lost 55 percent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 70 percent of the population is unemployed and living under the UN designated poverty line of $2 per day per family.
		Shaath wondered how Israel’s security is served by destroying the only factory in Gaza producing oxygen tanks for hospitals and preventing the distribution of vaccines in the Palestinian territories.
		Shaath argued that for a country that does not have capital punishment, Israel has carried out what are known as extra-judicial killings.
	www.thejerusalemfund.org /images/fortherecord.php?ID=90 (880 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: Apr. 15, 2002 -- Arafat's Envoy - 1
		Shaath, who was nine when his family fled the Palestinian port of Jaffa for the Egyptian city of Alexandria, believes that Israel and the Palestinians came closer than ever to a historic agreement on a separate Palestinian state during talks at Camp David just before Ariel Sharon came to power in 2001.
		Shaath says Arafat has two rooms, a hallway, one toilet, dried food and no fresh water for himself, 15 bodyguards and staffers and about 20 peace activists.
		SHAATH: If America, with Europe and Arab countries, is present on the political, security and economic fronts, it should give Arafat all that he needs to persuade everyone in his country to stick to a cease-fire.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901020415-227672,00.html (794 words)

	Palestinians to establish special security unit - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nabil Shaath said that a special security force will be set up in the Palestinian territories.
		Shaath, also a member of the Higher Palestinian Security Council, said that the unit will be drawn from several Palestinian security agencies in order to develop the Palestinian Authority's security departments.
		Shaath also said that the decision to establish the central Palestinian force was taken last week by the national security council that is led by Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei.
	www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_ID=5904 (738 words)

	Palestine Center - Palestinians Set three Requirements for Peace Talks
		The PA vision was discussed by Palestinian Minister of International Cooperation Nabil Shaath at a 21 June 2002 Palestine Center (Palestine Center) briefing.
		Shaath stressed that the PA stands firmly against all acts of violence directed at Israelis and Palestinians and has repeatedly condemned suicide bombings.
		Shaath credits Bush with ending the taboo on the word Palestine and hopes that the Bush administration will present a proposal that will be seen by the Palestinians and Israelis as fair, committed to past agreements, implementable, and having the weight of the United States behind it.
	www.palestinecenter.org /cpap/pubs/20020625ftr.html (882 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Nabil Shaath gets death threat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Muhammad al-Wahaidi, a spokesman for Shaath, said the Palestinian foreign minister and Shalom never held a one-on-one meeting during the gathering in Rimini, Italy.
		There was a debate and minister Shaath explained the suffering of the striking prisoners and their right to better conditions and freedom," al-Wahaidi said.
		Al-Wahaidi said Shaath planned to return as scheduled later on Tuesday to the West Bank city of Ram Allah from talks in Cairo between Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Quraya and Egyptian leaders.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/52FB3D32-2E49-4481-8809-2C2B2CE2D44F.htm (406 words)

	PR
		Nabil Shaath, PNA Minister of Planning and International Cooperation during a meeting on Sunday evening 3 March 2002 in Jeddah.
		Nabil Shaath put forward exhaustive statements on the tragic situation experienced by the Palestinian people and their heavy losses in lives and properties resulting from continuous shelling of Palestinian houses and institutions by military aircraft and tanks.
		Nabil Shaath discussed the means to be taken at OIC level in order to activate Islamic solidarity for halting the Israeli aggression and resorting to negotiations that will ensure the establishment of the Palestinian State with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
	www.oic-un.org /pr/2002/107.html (468 words)

	MIFTAH--Arafat Suffers Brain Haemorrhage
		Later in the evening, a senior Palestinian official, on condition of anonymity, said an agreement on funeral arrangements to be made in the aftermath of Arafat's death was reached by Israeli and Palestinian officials.
		Shaath also ruled out euthanasia for Arafat, saying it would be "unacceptable".
		Earlier, the delegation comprising Quraya and Shaath as well as acting Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) chief Mahmud Abbas, and parliamentary speaker Rawhi Fattuh arrived in Paris on Monday evening with the aim of determining for themselves the state of Arafat's health.
	www.miftah.org /Display.cfm?DocId=5455&CategoryId=14 (756 words)

	Media Backspin
		And Shaath is in charge of PA television.
		Posted by: Nemesis6 at May 19, 2005 1:58:06 PM Shaath tried to sidestep the doo-doo.
		Posted by: Paul McLaughlan at May 19, 2005 4:08:41 PM It is wrong not to acknowledge these small positive steps by Shaath.
	backspin.typepad.com /backspin/2005/05/good_news_from_.html (436 words)

	Arutz 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nabil Shaath, the foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority, said it clearly: "We do not see any solution for our Palestinian brethren in Lebanon other than the return to the homeland.
		The right to return is certain, and it is guaranteed both to the areas of the Palestinian state and to the Palestinian towns and villages within the state of Israel.
		Shaath himself realized that he had gone a bit too far in his public remarks, and on Saturday night made a slight about-face.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /print.php3?what=news&id=48211 (384 words)

	IsraelBehindTheNews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nabil Shaath, the Palestinian foreign minister, at a news conference in Beirut.
		Shaath appeared two days ago before the news media at the Commodore Hotel in Beirut, accompanied by the Lebanese Foreign Minister Jean Obeid, shortly before flying to Damascus.
		Foreign ministry sources said Shaath's statements were an attempt to divert world attention from the debate on dismantling the terrorist infrastructure.
	israelvisit.co.il /cgi-bin/friendly.pl?url=Aug-22-03!alawdah (293 words)

	Preemptive Karma: That voice you heard came from downstairs, George
		To briefly recap: TripleWide asserts Nabil Shaath is a holocaust denier.
		Confronted with the fact the evidence supports the view Shaath is not a holocaust denier--TripleWide says it's ok to smear Shaath because there are some in his circle who are; although Shaath is on record as calling for their sanction.
		Nor in fact did the Weisenthal Center "praise" or "commend" Nabil Shaath- it merely remarked that Shaath's (who was not named in the WC release) remarks were a "positive developement", but needed- as usual (those selfish Joooooss!)- to be followed up by actual, y'know...
	www.preemptivekarma.com /archives/2005/10/that_voice_you.html (6303 words)

	Blog Jones » President Bush Scares Me (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Shaath is a highly educated, western-style Palestinian politician, with close ties to Arafat, Israel and the United States.
		Shaath perpetuated the myth that there was a massacre at the Jenin refugee camp by using terms like “…absolutely horrifying…” and making comparisons to the devastation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
		Shaath sounds like a real trustworthy source of info to me. Trust me, if this allegation was true, we’d have heard about it via the MSM long before now.
	www.blogjones.com /WordPress/2005/10/06/president-bush-scares-me (2526 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Palestinians say Quartet peace plan is moving forward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Shaath praised the US administration, which has enjoyed rocky relations with the Palestinian Authority (PA) since June when the White House called on the Palestinians to dump Yasser Arafat as their leader.
		It is not finalised," Shaath said concerning the three-phase-plan which calls for the reform of the Palestinian Authority in its first stage.
		Arafat's senior advisor Nabil Abu Rudeina had criticised the Quartet plan over the weekend, warning it would be useless without firm guarantees of an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/8dc2241aeb56d61a85256c590062fd6f (429 words)

	Excerpt: Palestinian Authority in "Total Support" of Anti-Terrorism
		Nabil Shaath, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Palestinian Authority, told Powell that the Palestinians view the terrorism of al Qaida as a "betrayal" of the Palestinian cause, Boucher said, briefing reporters at the State Department in Washington November 8.
		In his discussion with Shaath, Powell reiterated the call to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority to "carry out their responsibilities to find, arrest and bring to justice all those responsible for terrorist actions and violence," Boucher said.
		Shaath said that he pushed for U.S. observers to the conflict.
	www.usembassy.it /file2001_11/alia/a1110810.htm (1087 words)

	Palestinian downplays Bush and God remark - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The White House dismissed as “absurd” the remarks attributed to Bush by Deputy Prime Minister Nabil Shaath in a BBC documentary series recounting a June 2003 meeting he attended along with Mahmoud Abbas, now Palestinian president.
		Shaath said he stood by his recollection of Bush saying he had been “driven with a mission from God” when he sent U.S. troops into Iraq and Afghanistan and also lent his support to the eventual creation of a Palestinian state.
		Shaath, who at the time was foreign minister under then-prime minister Abbas, confirmed what he had told the BBC.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9618531 (548 words)

	AM - Palestinian officials confirm Arafat in critical condition
		NABIL SHAATH: The President is very ill. His situation has deteriorated.
		FRAN KELLY: Palestinian Foreign Minister, Nabil Shaath addressed reporters in Paris where he and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie and acting PLO leader, Abu Mazen had arrived to be briefed by doctors, before the Prime Minister attended the bedside of Yasser Arafat.
		NABIL SHAATH: People talk as if his life is plugged in and plugged out and this is utterly ridiculous.
	www.abc.net.au /am/content/2004/s1239873.htm (485 words)

	Aaron Mannes on Arafat's Successor on National Review Online
		Abu Mazen, Abu Alaa, and Nabil Shaath are all members of the Fatah Central Council.
		Nabil Shaath is the PA's minister for planning and international cooperation (effectively the minister for foreign affairs.) All three figures helped draft the Oslo Accords and have international reputations as moderates.
		Nabil Shaath, Abu Mazin, and Abu Alaa have all questioned Jewish claims to Temple Mount and expressed doubts as to the existence of the ancient temple.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-mannes062602.asp (812 words)

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