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News and updates about PLO

Young Israel: Closure of PLO mission 'the right move'
'It would be unthinkable for the US to continue diplomatic relations with an entity unabashedly rewarding terrorists with large stipends.'

Likud minister: Trump peels Palestinian lie like an onion
Intelligence Minister Katz says US Pres. Trump's decisions reach the 'root' of Arab-Israeli conflict.

'The Palestinians went too far'
'Trump refused to turn the other cheek', says senior Israeli cabinet member after US closes PLO mission in Washington.

'Trump is demolishing the Palestinian lie'
Israel's Public Security Minister hails US decision to close PLO office in Washington.

Palestinian Authority threatens to end cooperation with US
Following shuttering of PLO office in Washington, Palestinian Authority reportedly threatened to cut ties with CIA.

Cruz welcomes closing of PLO office in Washington
Texas Senator praises Trump administration for "long overdue step" of closing PLO office in Washington, DC.

Netanyahu praises US closure of PLO Washington mission
US closes PLO mission in Washington DC, citing failure to support peace negotiations.

PLO calls for struggle to save UNRWA
PLO parliament calls on parliaments around the world to oppose US decision to end aid to UNRWA.

Jordan-Israel negotiations set to bypass PA

Abbas' movement honors mass murderer
Fatah movement devotes special Facebook page to Japanese terrorist Kozo Okumoto of squad who murdered 26 at Ben-Gurion Airport.

Trump and Israel dabble in Hamas and PLO quicksand

PLO flags in the heart of Tel Aviv
Thousands of leftists, Arabs, protest in Tel Aviv, many waving PLO flags.

PLO: Harming UNRWA will lead to violence
PLO member says the United States has no authority to change UNRWA's original mandate.

Hundreds of PLO flags fly on road to Jerusalem
Police and volunteers take down PLO flags hung on Highway 1 apparently in response to court decision on illegal Bedouin village.

PLO official blasts Israel after poet sent to prison
Hanan Ashrawi accuses Israel of oppression after Arab poet Darin Tatour sentenced to prison for publishing a poem inciting to violence.

PA officials scoff at Trump's economic measures
PA officials reject effort by Trump administration to sweeten peace plan with measures aimed at improving economic situation.

Trump and Putin may attempt a return to pre-PLO and Hamas days

PLO official: Israel killing Palestinian children
PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi blasts Israel after several Gazan children killed.

Erekat welcomes Irish approval of 'settlement' boycott
PLO Secretary-General welcomes Irish Senate’s approval of legislation calling for boycott of Judea and Samaria products.

PLO: We foiled Trump's Mideast peace plan
Senior PLO leader boasts that Palestinian Authority effectively blocked President Trump's 'Deal of the Century'.

'PLO office in the United States exists in violation of the law'
Senator Cruz and Rep. Ros-Lehtinen urge Pompeo and Sessions to take action to close PLO office in Washington.

Has Trump decided the PLO is dead and buried?

Abbas shows recovery, reading paper with anti-Semitic cartoon
PA President photographed reading newspaper he controls with Der Sturmer-like cartoon.

Ex-ambassador ridicules idea that Israel is threatened

PA withdraws envoy to US
PLO's top representative in Washington to return to PA in protest against American embassy in Jerusalem.

Abbas re-elected as PLO chief
PA chairman to continue serving as chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO.

Abbas advisor:
'Hamas sending civilians to die for media coverage'
Abbas senior advisor accuses Hamas of intentionally sending Gazans to 'go and die', only so Hamas will have stories of dead to tell media.

US Supreme Court lets PLO off hook for terrorism
Court says families of US citizens killed in PLO terror attacks cannot sue for damages under US anti-terrorism laws.

Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrein, UAE, and Oman align with Trump

'Petition against PLO doesn't meet standard for review by court'
Trump administration ‘deeply sympathizes’ with victims in PLO terror lawsuit, but suit doesn’t meet standards for review by Supreme Court.

PA congress to meet for the first time in years
PA congress to meet next month, discuss response to Trump's Jerusalem recognition.

Hamas: Reject Trump's 'deal of the century'
Senior Hamas official calls on PLO to renounce recognition of Israel, cancel Oslo Accords, and oppose Trump's deal.

PLO declares economic war on the United States
PLO Executive Committee member urges Arab countries to withdraw investments from the U.S. and boycott U.S. products.

PLO: American policy endangers the region
PLO parliament warns against the implications of the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem.

PA planning 'diplomatic move' at the UN
Senior PLO official says PA will ask UN for full membership for "the state of Palestine".

Palestinian Authority preparing to 'disengage' from Israel
PA Chairman, who also serves as Palestine Liberation Organization official, orders preparation of plans to 'disengage' from Israel.

PLO backs Hamas, slams US for sanctions on senior terrorist
Senior Fatah diplomat who received lung transplant in US blasts US over blacklisting of Hamas terrorist, calls for 'national unity'.

Trump is getting ready to dump the PLO

Trump's next sanction: Shutting down PLO's Washington office
United States considering more sanctions against PA unless it sits down for talks with Israel.

PLO official: Trump's Jerusalem recognition was 'backstabbing'
PLO envoy to Washington blasts Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Erekat blasts Pence speech
PLO official Saeb Erekat says Pence's Knesset speech is a "crusade" which provides a "gift to the extremists".

PLO: UNRWA remains crucial
PLO official says organization's budgetary problems part of plot to bring it down and not due to economic factors.

How should Israel avoid political enslavement?
What is the connection between the plagues of Egypt and the conduct of the Palestinian Authority?

Abbas has opened the door to Israel-Jordan negotiations

The Abbas-Netanyahu irony

PA government targets Israeli textbooks
PA government claims Israeli school textbooks encourage murder of Palestinian Arabs.

Sore losers

Gabbay: Abbas's speech contains anti-Semitic fabrications
Zionist Union chairman says PA chairman's remarks were fabrications but stresses: Separation from Arabs is in our interest.

PLO calls on PA to renounce recognition of Israel
Terror group's central council calls on Palestinian Authority to renounce 1993 recognition of Israel, following Trump's J'lem declaration.

PM: Abbas finally revealed his true colors
Netanyahu blasts PA chairman Abbas, after PA leader denounces President Trump, claims Israel is a European 'colonial' project.

PLO official: Reconsider recognition of Israel
PLO Central Council convenes in Ramallah in a belligerent atmosphere against Israel and the Trump administration.

Abbas praises the 'uprising'
PLO demands Palestinian state, rejects state with temporary borders.

Palestinian Authority: Trump's staff is Netanyahu's staff
Palestinian Authority official says organization is still in contact with US administration, despite claims to have cut contact.

After Trump's J'lem declaration, PA turns to UN to lead talks
PLO leadership to consider revoking recognition of Israel at upcoming meeting to consider path forward after J'lem recognition.

PA preparing for diplomatic confrontation with Israel
Abbas spokesman says PA is preparing to deal with American and Israeli "threats".

One day later: PA envoy returns to Washington
PA envoy to the United States returns to Washington after just one day of "consultations" over Jerusalem recognition.

Abbas presents his 'red lines'
PA chairman presents his red lines for an agreement to end the conflict with Israel.

PLO could declare Judea and Samaria a 'state under occupation'
Fatah member says PLO will consider declaring areas liberated by Israel in 1967 as "a state under occupation."

'PA leaders are terrorists in a suit and tie'
MK Motti Yogev on Palestinian Authority officials: One moment they speak English and the next they incite to murder.
