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NEW TURMOIL IN MIDDLE EAST 23 November 2017/ 05 Kislev 5778
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TENSIONS RISE AFTER TRUMP CLOSES PLO OFFICE BY ADAM MOSES closed, we will continue to freeze WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
A renewal of Middle East peace talks received a major blow after the US State Department decided against renewing a permit for the office of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation in Washington last week. The Palestinians responded by cutting ties with the US Consulate in Jerusalem. “Communications with the consulate in Jerusalem and meetings between American and Palestinian officials in Palestine are currently frozen because of the decision not to renew the PLO office in Washington’s certification,” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s diplomatic affairs adviser Majdi al-Khalidi confirmed to The Jerusalem Post. “This is temporary until they clarify to us if the office is closed or open. If they tell us the office is
our communications.” Khalidi added that PLO Washington representative Husam Zomlot and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat were in contact with the Trump administration. A State Department official commented, “We continue to be in contact with Palestinian officials about the status of the PLO office in Washington as well as about our larger efforts to advance a lasting and comprehensive peace, these discussions are ongoing.”. Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Malki commented to AFP, “What is the use of holding any meetings with them when they close our office? Our meetings begin from our office, and the arrangements are there,” “In practice by closing the office they are freezing all meetings and we are making that official.”
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A PLO spokesman confirmed it had received instructions from Abbas “regarding closing down all communication lines with the Americans”.
The US consulate in Jerusalem declined to comment but referred to a statement on Saturday noting it was hopeful any “closure will be short-lived.”
“We are not cutting off relations with the PLO,” the statement said. The PLO requires renewal of its CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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