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Obama summit / Erekat's 'good' Hebrew surprises Lieberman
By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Mideast summit 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday said he was surprised by the proficiency in Hebrew of the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, at a tripartite summit held Tuesday in New York.

Lieberman, a far-rightist who has proposed forcing Israeli Arabs to swear an oath of loyalty to the state, exchanged seasonal greetings with Erekat at the meeting, which was hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama. The Palestinian negotiatior wished him a happy new year, referring to the recent Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.

Speaking to reporters after the summit, Lieberman said: "Erekat - I didn't know that he had such good Hebrew."
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During the meeting, the foreign minister also shook the hand of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who said to him: "Hello, Foreign Minster."

Earlier this year, Erekat said Lieberman had insulted world powers pushing for peace by announcing that Israel was not bound by previous commitments made at a 2007 gathering in Annapolis, Maryland.
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  1.   Indeed, sir - be embarrassed, very embarrassed. 23:51  |  5th generation 22/09/09
  2.   Lieberman is a joke 23:54  |  Jules USA 22/09/09
  3.   erekat`s Hebrew 00:02  |  ron 23/09/09
  4.   To enhance"Peace" atmosphere to assembled, were He(brews) served? 00:24  |  just wondering 23/09/09
  5.   Well, good to know your FM is so on top of things 00:59  |  Aphemia 23/09/09
  6.   Hebrew-Lieberman-TV 01:50  |  Uzi 23/09/09
  7.   hebrew 02:54  |  T 23/09/09
  8.   Aphemia #5 07:01  |  Fox 23/09/09
  9.   Nothing Against Avigdor 07:06  |  Brendan 23/09/09
  10.   Now all Mr Erakat needs to do is... 12:24  |  Maureen Ann 23/09/09
  11.   Best foriegn minister in history 12:35  |  Eli 23/09/09
  12.   For Arabs Hebrew is a very easy language, 07:03  |  ARTH 06/10/09
  13.   Fox #8 16:44  |  Jeff 27/11/09
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