Tag: PLO
Ex-Nazi hunter calls on Barr to block Erekat from entering US for Harvard post
American attorney and ex-Nazi hunter Neal Sher has called on U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr to deny Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Saeb Erekat entry into the United States to mentor students at Harvard University.
In...
More Arab and Muslim states likely to normalize relations with Israel, says top US...
U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said on Sunday that more Arab and Muslim states were likely to normalize relations with Israel following the deal with the United Arab Emirates.
O’Brien and Trump’s son-in-law and...
Turkey’s selective amnesia
The collective Turkish memory has clear perceptions of which nations are friends and which are foes. In Turkey, the average length of schooling is only 6.5 years, and most Turks have a minimal knowledge...
Report: Palestinians launch diplomatic offensive to prevent Israeli annexation
PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said on Sunday that he was in talks with various international parties about the need to “preserve the two-state solution” in the face of possible annexation by Israel of territory...
Jerusalem court rules victims of terrorism can sue PA, PLO
The Jerusalem District Court ruled on Monday that the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization can be tried in Israeli courts for 17 terrorist attacks committed during the Second Intifada, saying the organizations offered...
Foreign-policy adviser for Bernie Sanders meets with PLO official Hanan Ashwari
Hanan Ashrawi, longtime aide to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, met on Monday with Matthew Duss, the foreign-policy adviser for the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), according to a statement released...
Hanan Ashrawi, friend of terror
Hanan Ashrawi is a senior official of an organization that includes in its ranks those who are on the U.S. government list of terrorist groups. If that’s not sufficient grounds to deny her a...
A desperate Abbas celebrates in New York as Palestinians take helm of major UN...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is in New York City to witness the Palestinian Mission as it takes over leadership of the G77 bloc. While there, he will likely push the Palestinian agenda and...
Despite outcry, shuttered PLO Mission did not aid peace process while contravening U.S. law
After months of speculation over what steps the Trump administration would take against the Palestinian Liberation Organization Mission in Washington, the U.S. State Department finally announced in recent weeks that it has given Palestinian...
Trump administration revokes visas of PLO mission head, family in Washington
The United States has unceremoniously evicted the head of the recently shuttered PLO mission in Washington, telling him and his family that their visas have been revoked.
The move comes just days after the administration...