PLO to suspend recognition of Israel set to terminate all agreements
The Palestine Liberation Organization’s Central Council has voted to suspend its recognition of Israel and terminate all agreements with the regime until Tel Aviv recognizes a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East al-Quds as its capital.
According to Qods News Agency (Qodsna) the PLO announced the decision late Monday at the end of a two-day meeting in Ramallah. A committee will now be created to examine the recommendation, which would also need the approval of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Organization has urged the Palestinian Authority to halt all its commitments to the ‘occupation authorities’, including its security cooperation and trade agreements with the regime, until they meet the demands.
The PLO Council essentially wants to cease compliance with the 1993 Oslo Accord, which set out a transitory phase during which the Palestinians would move toward statehood.
The Council has declared that this transitory phase, which was only supposed to last for five to seven years, is over. It insisted that Palestinian statehood must be recognized now.
The PLO central Council’s decisions are not binding; however, it acts as an advisor to the PA on making future decisions on its policies toward the Israeli regime.
The PLO also “lauded the efforts of the president (Abbas)” in continuing to reject the so-called Deal of the Century proposed by US President Donald Trump and confronting it with all available means to defeat it, Wafa reported.
It also asserted that the US administration is a partner of the Israeli regime and a part of the problem, not the solution, the report added.