US to shut Palestinian mission in Washington
AFP
The US will close the Palestine Liberation Organisation's mission in Washington, the state department says.
A statement said PLO leaders had failed to engage with US efforts to bring about peace with Israel and attempted to prompt an investigation of Israel by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
A senior Palestinian official called the decision a "dangerous escalation".
The PLO, the internationally-recognised representative of the Palestinian people, opened the mission in 1994.
President Donald Trump is preparing to unveil a long-awaited Middle East peace plan, but Palestinian officials have refused to engage with his envoys since he controversially recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital in December.
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