Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee, said on Tuesday that the PLO is the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in all its places of residence and that it preserves Palestinian identity.
In a statement on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the PLO, Erekat said that the Palestinian people stand firmly on their land while adhering to their rights until they achieve freedom and independence in a Palestinian state within the pre-1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital and a just solution to the problem of the Palestinian refugees, in accordance with UN Resolution 194, and until all the Palestinian prisoners are released.
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