Germany says US decision to close PLO office in Washington will harm efforts to reach two-state solution.
Germany criticized the United States’ decision to close the Palestine
Liberation Organization’s (PLO) office in Washington, saying it will
make reaching a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinian
Authority (PA) more difficult.
“Considering the current lack of communication we are seeing between the
Israelis and the Palestinians, we are worried that this renewed
unilateral move by the United States will cause the fronts to harden and
make it more difficult to resume talks on a two-state solution,” a
spokeswoman for the German foreign ministry said on Friday, according to
Reuters.
The US announced on Monday that the PLO’s office in Washington would be
closed due to the fact that the PA had consistently refused to engage
with the US government or to support peace talks with Israel.
The PA later threatened to retaliate against the United States by ending its coordination on security affairs with the US.
The US threatened to shut down the PLO mission in New York back in
November, when then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sent a letter to
the Palestinian leadership warning that the delegation might be shut
down as a result of Abbas's call on the International Criminal Court
(ICC) to investigate Israel and prosecute Israelis.
Later, however, State Department officials said that it was decided to
keep the delegation open for at least 90 days, and at the end of that
period, Trump could announce that he is prolonging its activity because
it is vital for supporting "meaningful" Israeli-Palestinian
negotiations.
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