New York's City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution yesterday calling for the closure of the PLO office on Park Avenue in New York City. Calling the office a "danger" to New Yorkers, and labeling the Palestinian Authority a terrorist organization, the resolution asks U.S. President Bush to work with the United Nations to seek the immediate closure of the office.
"This is a great victory," said Rabbi Avi Weiss, President of the Coalition for Jewish Concerns, whose organization lobbied heavily on behalf of the resolution. Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, Vice-President of the Coalition for Jewish Concerns, said, "This is the first step in our process of closing the doors of the PLO's Mission to the United Nations. Now that the Council has spoken, we intend to announce legal action to actually evict the PLO." Of the 52 council members, only six voted against the resolution
"This is a great victory," said Rabbi Avi Weiss, President of the Coalition for Jewish Concerns, whose organization lobbied heavily on behalf of the resolution. Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, Vice-President of the Coalition for Jewish Concerns, said, "This is the first step in our process of closing the doors of the PLO's Mission to the United Nations. Now that the Council has spoken, we intend to announce legal action to actually evict the PLO." Of the 52 council members, only six voted against the resolution