Tagged Palestine Liberation Organization

Trump administration to close PLO office in Washington
September 13, 2018 /

The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington D.C. “We have permitted the PLO office to conduct operations that support the objective of achieving a lasting, comprehensive peace between Israelis and the Palestinians since the expiration of a previous waiver in November 2017,”… Read more »

Pro-Israel stalwart Ben Cardin aims fire at Trump and Netanyahu in J Street talk

An attendee at the J Street conference in Washington, D.C., Aprll 16, 2018. (J Street)
April 17, 2018 / Ron Kampeas, JTA

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Ben Cardin, a pro-Israel stalwart in the Democratic Party, lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a J Street conference, breaking with a party tradition of avoiding confrontations with Israel’s leaders. Cardin, D-Md., in his speech Monday stood by his bill that would… Read more »

The Trump administration says it wants to shut down the PLO mission. Now what?

The flag of the Palestine Liberation Organization seen above its offices in Washington, D.C., Nov. 18, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
November 21, 2017 / Ron Kampeas, JTA

WASHINGTON (JTA) — In 1987, Congress passed legislation that declared there would never be an office of the Palestine Liberation Organization on U.S. soil. President Ronald Reagan agreed and signed the law. Seven years later the law was still on the books. But that year the PLO opened an… Read more »