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PA reconsiders recognition of Israel
Palestine Liberation Organisation reconsiders its recognition of Israel until Israel recognises the State of Palestine.
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) is considering the “suspension” of its recognition of Israel, a senior Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official said Tuesday.
“There is no alternative for the Palestinians but to suspend their recognition of Israel,” Saeb Erekat, a member of the PLO’s influential Executive Committee, said in a statement.
The PA and the PLO -- both of which recognize Israel -- are both led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement, which favors negotiations with the Jewish state.
According to Erekat, Trump’s decision last December to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “was intended to isolate Jerusalem but has instead isolated the U.S."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018...vokes-recognition-israel-180116060200939.html
Quite right. Further, if Palestine does not recognize Israel then that position should be taken by ALL states which do recognize the Palestinian state- and that's nearly all of them.