He was also a spokesman for Palestinian leaders such as Yasser Arafat and current President Mahmoud Abbas.

他也是亞西爾-阿拉法特和現任總統馬哈茂德-阿巴斯等巴勒斯坦領導人的發言人。

Abbas declared three days of mourning, calling his death a quote.

阿巴斯宣佈哀悼三天，稱他的死是引。

Big loss for Palestine on our people.

巴勒斯坦的重大損失在我們的人民身上。

He died following multiple organ failure after spending three weeks at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center.

他在耶路撒冷的哈達薩醫療中心呆了三週後，因多器官衰竭而死亡。

According to a spokeswoman for the Israeli hospital, he was particularly vulnerable to the respiratory disease.

據以色列醫院的一位發言人說，他特別容易患上呼吸道疾病。

Having undergone a lung transplant in the United States three years earlier, Erekat was well known in diplomatic circles across the world on regularly featured in international media.

三年前，埃雷卡特在美國接受了肺移植手術，在世界各地的外交界享有盛譽，經常被國際媒體報道。

In recent years, he was the principal face of a war of words with President Donald Trump's administration over a Middle East plan that envisioned leaving Israel in control of Jewish settlements on large parts of the occupied West Bank.

近年來，他是與唐納德-特朗普總統的政府就一項中東計劃進行口水戰的主要面孔，該計劃設想讓以色列控制被佔領的西岸大部分地區的猶太人定居點。

After peace talks collapsed in 2000 and 14, he remained a firm backer of the negotiated creation of a future Palestinian state co existing alongside Israel even if, in his own words, it took 50 years.

在2000年和14年和平談判破裂後，他仍然堅定地支持通過談判建立一個與以色列共存的未來巴勒斯坦國，即使用他自己的話說，這需要50年時間。

His funeral is expected to be held on Wednesday in the West Bank city of Jericho, where he spent much of his early years.

他的葬禮預計將於星期三在西岸城市傑里科舉行，他早年的大部分時間都在那裡度過。