Share
Email
PrintBush waives PLO ban
President Bush waived a ban on a PLO office on Washington for another six months.
Laws banning the PLO’s presence in the capital have been in place since the 1980s, but President Bush and his predecessor, President Clinton, have waived them every six months so as not to upset peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
“I hereby determine and certify that it is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987,” Bush wrote in a memorandum to Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. Secretary of State on Thursday, his last such waiver before he leaves office.
Click to login and write a letter to the editor or sign up for the Daily Briefing.
This article was made possible by the support of readers like you. Donate to JTA now.
Featured Content
Need to know? Get JTA's free e-newsletters!
- Citing Palestinian conflict, rocker Cat Power cancels Tel Aviv show
- Jewish groups praise Obama contraceptives compromise
- Holder: U.S. urged Israel not to release killers of Americans
- Turkish FM: We will never endorse striking Iran
- Israeli missile defense test a ‘milestone’
- Sarkozy: Iran solution should be non-military
- Marines’ SS photo condemned by Jewish groups
- Grandson of Auschwitz survivor takes the ice for Germany
