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US threatens to close PLO office in Washington

The US administration on Saturday threatened to close down the Washington office of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) unless it enters into "serious peace talks with Israel", Associated Press agency reported.

 

The US administration on Saturday threatened to close down the Washington office of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) unless it enters into "serious peace talks with Israel", Associated Press agency reported.

 

US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, said that the Palestinians have violated an American law which says that the PLO mission must be closed if the Palestinians push the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute Israel for its crimes against the Palestinians.

 

The Agency quoted an unnamed State Department official as saying that the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, has crossed that line by asking the ICC to investigate Israel's violations.

 

He added that based on that law, the US president Donald Trump now has 90 days to decide whether the Palestinians are in "direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel". If Trump determines they are, the Palestinians can keep the office.

 

Associated Press said that the US authorities affirmed that they will maintain relations with the Palestinians even if the PLO office closes.




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