According to senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, the US State Department informed the PLO this weekend that they will not be allowed to retain their office in Washington D.C., a move designed to punish the Palestinians for having joined the International Criminal Court (ICC).
This is just the start of what may be a wholesale Trump Administration split with the Palestinians, as the administration is also reportedly threatening to expel the Palestinian Authority delegation if they don’t accept President Trump’s conditions on peace talks.
Palestinian officials say that if the PLO office is closed, they will be cutting off all communications with the United States, saying the effort proves the Trump Administration is under pressure from the Israelis.
Though Israel is not a party to the International Criminal Courts, they could face ICC trials for war crimes committed on Palestinian soil. Congress had previously urged the State Department to punish the Palestinians if they joined the court.
Trying to connect this to the peace talks is bizarre, however, as all indications are the Israelis are the ones reluctant to enter the peace talks, and the Palestinians have been waiting for word on if the US can coax them to the table.
When their own useless “brothers” are conniving against them, who can those wretched people turn to?
On the other side, the truly evil IsraHellis are turning the screws against BDS, and the “enlightened” west is falling in line to worship their true masters.
All in all, the Pals are truly screwed.
This typical Washington Zionist action. The Palestinians want the ICC to review the murders that have been occurring during the occupation and of course Israel wants to be allowed to kill whoever they want. AIPAC controls Congress so any punitive action is a step in the right direction for them.
The Palestinian Authority gives thousands of dollars (US taxpayer dollars) to Palestinians who murder Jews. The more Jews they kill. The more money they get.