Obama administration: PLO’s U.N. elevation broke no laws

Published on January 10, 2013

The Obama administration said the Palestinians' ascension in U.N. membership status did not violate U.S. law.

Jewish groups stake out opposing positions on penalizing Palestinians

Published on December 31, 2012

Two major Jewish groups are at odds over the prospect of penalties for the Palestinians in the wake of their enhanced U.N. status.

Congressional letter urges Obama to shut PLO office

Published on December 11, 2012

Incoming and outgoing leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee are circulating a letter calling on President Obama to close the Washington office of the PLO.

Senate amendment penalizing Palestinians for U.N. status does not pass

Published on December 5, 2012

A U.S. Senate amendment that would have penalized Palestinians for seeking non-member state status at the United Nations was not attached to its intended law.

AIPAC calls for review of U.S.-Palestinian ties

Published on November 29, 2012

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee called for a "full review" of the U.S. relationship with the Palestine Liberation Organization, including shutting its Washington office, in the wake of its obtaining non-member state status at the United Nations.

GOP senators propose penalties for enhanced Palestinian status

Published on November 29, 2012

Republican U.S. senators introduced the first efforts to penalize the Palestinians and the United Nations should the body affirm enhanced Palestinian status.

Arafat’s body exhumed to test for poisoning

Published on November 27, 2012

Forensic experts took samples from the body of former Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat's uncovered corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered with the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium.

U.N. bid finds Palestinian leadership between a rock and a hard place

Published on November 13, 2012

The arguments for and against the latest Palestinian bid for statehood status at the United Nations come down to which is the faster path to irrelevancy.

Oren—first item on U.S.-Israel agenda is Palestinian statehood bid

Published on November 9, 2012

The Palestinians' bid for an upgrade in U.N. status is of immediate concern in the U.S.-Israel relationship, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren said in a post-U.S. election interview.

France opens murder inquiry into Yasser Arafat’s death

Published on August 28, 2012

French prosecutors have opened a murder inquiry into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Abbas tells Palestinians: Step up Arab Spring-style protests against Israel

Published on July 27, 2011

President Mahmoud Abbas urged Palestinians on Wednesday to step up peaceful protests against Israel, urging "popular resistance" inspired by the Arab Spring to back a diplomatic offensive at the United Nations.

PLO mission raises flag in D.C.

Published on January 18, 2011

The PLO office in Washington raised a flag for the first time. "It's about time that this flag that symbolizes the struggle of the Palestinian people for self-determination and statehood is raised in the United States," said Palestine Liberation Organization envoy Maen Areikat in a brief ceremony Tuesday outside its Dupont Circle offices. "We hope that this will help in the international efforts to provide recognition for the Palestinian state." The Obama administration granted the delegation, which does not have embassy status, permission to raise the flag last July.

Accord Was to Ensure Jewish Majority

By Yossi Beilin
Published on September 11, 2003

The Oslo agreement was the first agreement ever signed between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), intended to put an end to the national struggle that is the heart of the larger Arab-Israeli conflict.

The Olso agreement was the natural continuation of the framework agreements signed at the 1978 Camp David summit between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, which also provided the basis for the 1991 Madrid Conference.

Sinking Feeling

By Avi Machlis
Published on October 12, 2000

Supporters of the Oslo peace process have, for seven years, persistently argued that there was no choice but to make peace with the Palestine Liberation Organization, Israel's most bitter of enemies.

A Misstep on the Road to Reconciliation

By Jonathan S. Tobin
Published on March 2, 2000

Though the agreement signed by the Vatican and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) last week was aimed at strengthening Arab-Catholic ties, it will probably go down as having a greater influence on Catholic-Jewish ties.