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FILE - In this July 24, 2013, file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for a photo in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, before an interview with The Associated Press. Ginsburg, 87, developed a cultlike following over her more than 27 years on the bench, especially among young women who appreciated her lifelong, fierce defense of women's rights. She died Sept. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By BERNARD McGHEE - Associated Press

A Palestinian honor guard carries the body of Saeb Erekat into the cemetery during his funeral in the West Bank town of Jericho, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for more than three decades, died on Tuesday, weeks after being infected by the coronavirus. He was 65. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians hold funeral for veteran negotiator Erekat

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Saeb Erekat, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaks to journalists after a meeting between Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II, at the Royal Palace, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (Khalil Mazraawi, Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Saeb Erekat, top Palestinian negotiator, dies of COVID-19

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 2, 2011, file photo, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, speaks during a press conference at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for more than three decades, has died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. He was 65. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Erekat, longtime spokesman for the Palestinians, dies at 65

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks at the J Street National Conference, in Washington. Erekat on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, was in critical condition and breathing with a ventilator after his coronavirus infection worsened overnight, said the Israeli hospital treating him. Hadassah Medical Center described Erekat's case as extremely challenging given his history of health problems, including a lung transplant performed in the United States three years ago. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Palestinian official Erekat undergoes bronchostomy

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FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks at the J Street National Conference, in Washington. Erekat on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, was in critical condition and breathing with a ventilator after his coronavirus infection worsened overnight, said the Israeli hospital treating him. Hadassah Medical Center described Erekat's case as extremely challenging given his history of health problems, including a lung transplant performed in the United States three years ago. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Palestinian official Erekat in critical, stable condition

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Hospital: Palestinian official Erekat in critical condition

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Saeb Erekat, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaks to journalists after a meeting between Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II, at the Royal Palace, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (Khalil Mazraawi, Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Saeb Erekat says Trump broke pledge by moving embassy to Jerusalem

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner watches a ceremony where President Donald Trump was presented with The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal, at the Royal Court Palace, Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Donald Trump asks Saudi Arabia to pay for Middle East peace deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Palestinian protesters burn tires during a protest on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians are protesting near Gaza's border with Israel, as Israel prepared for the festive inauguration of a new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Gaza Health Ministry releases latest death toll

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A relative holds up a photo of an 18-month-old boy, Ali Dawabsheh, in a house that had been torched in a suspected attack by Jewish settlers in Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 31, 2015. The boy died in the fire, his 4-year-old brother and parents were wounded, according to a Palestinian official from the Nablus area. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Attack in West Bank kills Palestinian child; homes torched

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Aref Tufaha - Associated Press

**FILE** Palestinians chant slogans and wave national flags during a rally to mark the Quds Day in Gaza City on Aug. 2, 2013. The International Quds Day was inaugurated by the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 to express solidarity with Palestinians and to oppose Zionism and Israel's control of Jerusalem. Quds is Arabic word for Jerusalem. (Associated Press)

Palestinian head complains to U.S. of Israel’s ‘bad faith’ in peace talks

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, July 28, 2013. Mr. Netanyahu urged his skeptical coalition partners Sunday to agree to free Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S efforts to resume peace talks, calling the deal a "tough decision" that he took for the good of the country. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)

Israel agrees to free 104 Palestinian prisoners

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, speaks to The Associated Press at the World Economic Forum in Southern Shuneh, 34 miles (55 kilometers) southeast of Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon) ** FILE **

Palestinian Authority negotiator: Israel’s P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu to blame for peace failures

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, and his wife, Ann, arrive in Gdansk, Poland, on Monday, July 30, 2012. (Associated Press)

Romney endures tough road trip

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, board their charter plane in Tel Aviv on July 30, 2012, as they prepare to travel to Poland. (Associated Press)

Romney comments at fundraiser outrage Palestinians

By Karin Laub and Kasie Hunt - Associated Press

**FILE** Yasser Arafat (Associated Press)

Palestinian president approves Arafat autopsy

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

Saeb Erekat (Associated Press)

Palestinian leaders OK’d limited return of refugees

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this photo from Dec. 5, 2002, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (center) sits surrounded by members of his staff during a rally of his Ultra-Orthodox Shas party in Jerusalem. Yosef, an influential Israeli rabbi known for his vitriolic pronouncements against Arabs, said Palestinians and their leader should "perish from this world", Israeli army Radio said Sunday. (Associated Press)

State Department condemns Israeli rabbi’s remarks

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times