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TRT World
April 30, 2018
The parliament of the Palestine Liberation Organization convenes for the first time in decades on Monday, as aging President Mahmoud Abbas seeks to strengthen his hand ahead of the US embassy move to Jerusalem. It should be a chance to revitalise the Palestinian national movement at a historic lowÃâà...
i24NEWS
April 30, 2018
In January 2012, the rivals stroke a prisoner exchange agreement. The following month, they agreed that Abbas should lead an interim government, but the deal was disputed within Hamas and never implemented. In April 2014, the Abbas-led Palestine Liberation Organization and Hamas finally agreed onÃâà...
Belfast Telegraph
April 30, 2018
He will speak before the 23rd meeting of the Palestine National Council (PNC), the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) which meets sporadically, and is responsible for electing the PLO's Executive Committee. Ahead of the event, Mr Kearney said: "I will be addressing theÃâà...
Haaretz
April 29, 2018
The Palestinian National Council, the highest body of the Palestine Liberation Organization, will hold a controversial meeting this week in Ramallah, which has also cast a shadow over this week's protests. Thousands are expected to turn out for the protests this week due to growing anger, particularly afterÃâà...
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
April 27, 2018
During Yasser Arafat's chairmanship of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the PLO underwent a transformation whereby their “goal was made clear — the complete liberation of Palestine, i.e. the destruction of Israel, through armed struggle,” Omari said. The PLO's unsuccessful attempts at achievingÃâà...
News & Observer
April 17, 2018
Jordan followed in 1994, after Israel reached an interim peace deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Meanwhile, Netanyahu strengthened ties with countries like India, China and Russia. He often boasts of covert ties with moderate Arab countries — presumably Saudi Arabia and other GulfÃâà...
Yahoo News
April 3, 2018
The Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization escaped a $656 million damage award as the U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by American victims of six bombing and shooting attacks in Israel. The justices, without comment, left intact a lower court decision that said theÃâà...
KTLA
April 3, 2018
The Supreme Court declined on Monday to revive a lawsuit brought by 11 American families against the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization. The ruling, issued without comment from the justices, is a loss for victims and their family members who brought suit under federal law forÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 3, 2018
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to revive a lawsuit against the Palestine Liberation Organization that was brought by Americans who were victimized by terror attacks in Israel. Eleven American families sued the PLO, Yasser Arafat and others over seven terror incidents fromÃâà...
The News Tribune
April 2, 2018
Despite its bumpy relationship with the Palestinians, the Trump administration is siding with the Palestine Liberation Organization in urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more than a decade ago. The victims are asking the high court toÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
April 2, 2018
(MENAFN) Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) condemned the US decision to block United Nations Security Council statement on the situation in the Gaza Strip. The secretary general accused the US of being "involved in war crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians."
The Seattle Times
April 1, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite its bumpy relationship with the Palestinians, the Trump administration is siding with the Palestine Liberation Organization in urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more than a decade ago. The victims areÃâà...
Foreign Policy Journal (blog)
March 31, 2018
There is a strong tendency among Palestinian supporters to equate the two-state solution with the goal of the US-led so-called "peace process". This is a fundamental error with important strategic consequences in terms of achieving an end to Israel's occupation regime. Among active supporters ofÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 31, 2018
"The Palestinian side is ready to resume negotiations on the basis of the Arab peace plan and international decisions," Ahmed Majdalani, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee, told Anadolu Agency. Majdalani mentioned how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 31, 2018
"Palestinian factions have responded to the president's decision to declare mourning for the victims of the Israeli massacre," Wasel Abu Yusuf, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s executive committee, told Anadolu Agency. "The national and Islamic forces declared a general strike inÃâà...
Palestine News Network
March 30, 2018
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said on Thursday that 42 years since Palestinians in Israel demonstrated against Israeli seizure of their land and lost six of their young people shot dead by Israeli forces, the Palestinian people continue to endure destruction, displacement and humanization.
Jewish Exponent
March 19, 2018
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he will do “everything in his power” to ensure the passage of the Taylor Force Act. Credit: Office of Senator Schumer. Amid never-ending speculation over the release of President Donald Trump's much anticipated Israeli-Palestinian peace plan,Ãâà...
New York Times
March 19, 2018
The plaintiffs in the case are American families who were the victims of terrorist attacks in and near Jerusalem. They won a $655.5 million court judgment in federal court in Manhattan against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority. But an appeals court threw out the judgment,Ãâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 17, 2018
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) also referred to the scientist as an “exceptionally courageous person” and said all Palestinians had reacted to the news of his death with sadness. “We remember his principled position in challenging the Israeli occupation of Palestine and his refusal to appear atÃâà...
Haaretz
March 11, 2018
The Trump administration sided with the Palestine Liberation Organization in a terrorism lawsuit the Supreme Court may soon consider, drawing an angry rebuke from conservatives, including one of its most steadfast Jewish community defenders, the Zionist Organization of America. In 2015, a federal juryÃâà...
The Hill
March 7, 2018
Even for an administration that produces a surprise a day, this one is a shocker. The U.S. Solicitor General, the Justice Department official who represents the government before the Supreme Court, came down on the side of the PLO on Feb. 22 in a lawsuit filed by American families and victims of terroristÃâà...
WAFA
December 31, 1999
Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee Saeb Erekat was reported in al-Ayyam stating that Friedman represents Israel and defends settlers and settlements. Presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh described Friedman's statements as “blatant andÃâà...
WAFA
December 31, 1999
The dailies said that the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee was scheduled to convene today in preparation for the upcoming Palestinian National Council's session. Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh was reported in the dailies stating all conspiracies and dubiousÃâà...
WAFA
December 31, 1999
... the Palestinian people renewed their commitment to what they have achieved during the long period of their heroic struggle, especially their unity and political representation through their legitimate and sole representative, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and to bring down all conspiracies aimedÃâà...
WAFA
December 31, 1999
RAMALLAH, March 29, 2018 (WAFA) – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) strongly denounced on Thursday statements by the US ambassador in Israel, David Friedman, and Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman who attacked President Mahmoud Abbas, considering their statements asÃâà...
WAFA
December 31, 1999
RAMALLAH, April 3, 2018 (WAFA) – The issue of the Czech Republic's record of voting against Palestine in the United Nations and the possibility of relocating the Czech embassy in Israel to Jerusalem were the topics discussed between Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive CommitteeÃâà...
