Trump wants to shut down the PLO mission. Here’s how we got here. With talk that peace negotiations are on the horizon, the U.S. appears to be pressuring the Palestinians.
Palestinians threaten to cut ties with US if Washington office closed The threat of closure comes in response to the Palestinian call in the United Nations in September to prosecute Israelis in the International Criminal Court, which runs afoul of U.S. law.
Palestinian mission in Colombia tweets Arafat quote calling for Israel’s destruction The PLO mission tweeted in Spanish a quote from its late leader Yasser Arafat, which later was removed.