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Forward
March 30, 2018
In a March 26th meeting of the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Khaled al-Batash, a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), said that all the forces, including Hamas, the PIJ, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, would participate in the “great returnÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 29, 2018
27, without being presented to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) as required by law. The government merely presented the budget to a number of parliamentary bloc members, prompting PLC First Deputy Speaker Ahmed Bahar to denounce the process and assert that the budget is illegitimate.
Aljazeera.com
March 28, 2018
Hasan Khreisheh, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council in the West Bank, told Al Jazeera that the arrest campaign by PA security forces is "incomprehensible and unjustified". "These arrests must be stopped in favour for a Palestinian united front to take a stance against the bigger issues at hand,Ãâà...
Al-Monitor
March 28, 2018
It also obtained the approval of the Palestinian Legislative Council and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Gaza in 2008, and was recognized by a number of Arab educational organizations such as the Arab Network for Open and Distance Learning, Association of Arab Universities,Ãâà...
Al-Monitor
March 21, 2018
The Egyptians also asked Hamas to relinquish the speakership of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) to an internationally accepted figure without specifying what Hamas would gain in return. They suggested three PLC members for the position: Salam Fayyad, Hanan Ashrawi and Mustafa Barghouti.
Haaretz
March 13, 2018
But at the same time, Abbas isn't allowing new elections (in the West Bank and Gaza), has paralyzed the Palestinian Legislative Council for 12 years and controls the judiciary. In late April, the Palestinian National Council, which is the PLO's parliament, is supposed to meet in Ramallah. Its members includeÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 6, 2018
Majed Abu Shamala, a leader in Fatah's reformist movement close to Dahlan, told Al-Monitor that any move by President Mahmoud Abbas against Dahlan will be invalid, as the Palestinian Legislative Council is the only body authorized to revoke his diplomatic immunity. He pointed out, “Should the PAÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 1, 2018
Dahlan lives in exile in the UAE but is still a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). The UAE also wants Dahlan to run in the next presidential election. Although Nabd didn't report Dahlan's specific response to the UAE request, it said he is reluctant to form a new party. The article said that inÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
December 31, 1999
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in the Gaza Strip yesterday held a session in a tent set up near the Strip's eastern border to support the Great March of Return which is scheduled for Friday. PLC Deputy Speaker Ahmed Bahar said: “We hold an unprecedented session near the temporary borderÃâà...
