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Kilgore

(1,733 posts)
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 09:45 AM Sep 2018

Trump administration orders closure of PLO office in Washington

The Trump administration on Monday ordered the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington, saying that the PLO “has not taken steps to advance the start of direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel.”

The closure was announced by the State Department shortly before White House national security adviser John Bolton, in his first major policy speech, threatened U.S. punishment for individuals and countries that cooperate with the International Criminal Court, where the Palestinians have lodged complaints against Israel.

“The United States supports a direct and robust peace process,” Bolton said, “and we will not allow the ICC, or any other organization, to constrain Israel’s right to self-defense.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-orders-closure-of-plo-office-in-washington/2018/09/10/7410fe6c-b50c-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html?utm_term=.cc22e5399b4f

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Trump administration orders closure of PLO office in Washington (Original Post) Kilgore Sep 2018 OP
We are losing any semblance of international credibility HopeAgain Sep 2018 #1
Israel and Christofascists do not want peace angrychair Sep 2018 #2

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
1. We are losing any semblance of international credibility
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 09:49 AM
Sep 2018

America is certainly not contributing to peace in the Middle East.

angrychair

(8,594 posts)
2. Israel and Christofascists do not want peace
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 10:06 AM
Sep 2018

Israel wants to kill all Arabs and right-wing Christian fascist want to sow chaos and destruction in the Middle East to bring about the apocalypse because they think that is their fast track their trip to “heaven”.

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