Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told reporters that the Palestinian leadership describes Tuesday when the US administration made the veto as "black day in the history of the international legitimacy."

   "It is really a black day in the history of the international legitimacy and to all the international conventions and resolutions," Erekat said, adding that he hopes that Israel "would not explain the US veto as a license and a green light to expel President Arafat or kill him."

   He said threatening a president, who was legally elected by the Palestinian people and was always described as the leader of the peace of the bravers, "indicates that Israel and the United Statesare neglecting the Arabs and the entire international community."  

    "I think the US veto had shown that all the international conventions and resolutions had collapsed," Erekat said, accusing the United States of treating Israel as the only country which is above the international law.

   "The Palestinians believed that the US decision and the veto are unfair at all," he said.

   On Tuesday, 11 state members of the UN Security Council voted for the council's resolution, which was presented by Syria and Sudan, demanding Israel stop its decision to deport Arafat, but the United States vetoed the resolution.  Enditem