Tag: PLO
Putting the PLO in its place
Twelve hours and an ocean separated two important speeches this week. On Monday, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton addressed the Federalist Society in Washington. The next day, European Union foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini...
Responses to closure: PLO is ‘not a state’, has ‘no right to mission in...
Amid tensions between the Trump administration and the Palestinian Authority, the former announced on Monday that the Washington offices of the Palestine Liberation Organization will close in the same week as the 25th anniversary of the signing of...
Is a PLO confederation with Jordan a viable solution to the Mideast conflict?
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas recently told a group of Israeli activists that the Trump administration proposed a confederation between the Palestinians and Jordan. For years, the idea of Jordan serving as a state...
Truth vs. Slogan in World Law: Disclosing Vital Differences
"The martyrs are our children and they are our families. They honor us...." (Mahmoud Abbas, PA President, Speech to PLO Central Council, January 14, 2018)
Judging from recent comments by Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority president,...
Are the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas mobilizing to take over the PLO?
Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood affiliates across the globe are playing a leading role in supporting and promoting the “Great Return March” campaign, to begin on March 30, 2018.
According to Israeli TV, Hamas spent $10...