The executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) instructed the diplomatic commission of the organization to hasten the process of declaring the Palestinian Authority a state under occupation, Ma’ariv, a Hebrew-language newspaper, reports.
Following a meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas, the committee decided to convene the National Council, a body with representatives of all Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Meanwhile, according to Ma’ariv, a senior Palestinian security official denies that a meeting was scheduled to take place this evening between IDF officers and Palestinian security officials.
The declaration of “Palestine” as a “state under occupation” was one of the scenarios Israeli analysts believed Abbas may announce in his speech at the UN, where he promised to deliver a political “bombshell.”
Abbas did not make the declaration.
The PLO’s executive committee also calls on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to ensure the Palestinians receive protection from what they define “Israeli aggressions.”
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