Secretary-General Saeb Erekat of the Palestine Liberation Organization, parent of the Palestinian Authority, expressed agreement on Monday with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, who said, "No economic introduction can be a substitute for the demise of occupation as a way of lasting peace."
Referring to this month's conference in Bahrain, which will see the unveiling of the economic portion of a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, developed in part by United States presidential advisor Jared Kushner, Doctor Erekat wrote on Twitter, "I agree with you Aymen .No economic plan will be substitute to end the occupation. Bahrain conference”will be biggest setback and embarrassment for Kushner...because I know that no Arab will [attend] without saying: ‘Palestinian state with E Jlem as its capital on 1967 borders."