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PLO mission raises flag in D.C.

Jewish Journal January 18, 2011

The PLO office in Washington raised a flag for the first time. \”It\’s about time that this flag that symbolizes the struggle of the Palestinian people for self-determination and statehood is raised in the United States,\” said Palestine Liberation Organization envoy Maen Areikat in a brief ceremony Tuesday outside its Dupont Circle offices. \”We hope that this will help in the international efforts to provide recognition for the Palestinian state.\” The Obama administration granted the delegation, which does not have embassy status, permission to raise the flag last July.

Is a delay of justice a denial of justice?

Douglas Mirell February 8, 2007

The government has been seeking to deport Hamide and Shehadeh since January 1987, based on their alleged support for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a radical offshoot of the Palestine Liberation Organization that has taken credit for airline hijackings and car bombings in the Middle East.

Optimistic? Yep.

Rob Eshman July 19, 2006

The most remarkable aspect of the war Israel is fighting now in Lebanon is not who Israel\’s enemy is, but who its friends are.

Accord Was to Ensure Jewish Majority

Yossi Beilin September 11, 2003

The Oslo agreement was the first agreement ever signed between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), intended to put an end to the national struggle that is the heart of the larger Arab-Israeli conflict.

The Olso agreement was the natural continuation of the framework agreements signed at the 1978 Camp David summit between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, which also provided the basis for the 1991 Madrid Conference.

At the United Nations

Jewish Journal December 11, 1997

In the last four years the people of Israel witnessed two contrasting realities in their pursuit of peace with the Palestinians. True, there had been a stunning series of diplomatic breakthroughs between Israel and the PLO, that was followed by apeace treaty with Jordan and a web of new relationships with a half dozen Arab states. Israelis were filled with hope that at long last their state of siege had ended and they could look forward to an era of normalcy and safety.

An Officer and a Peacenik

Rob Eshman November 13, 1997

\nRetired Maj. Gen. Oren Shachor, former Israel Defense Forces chiefintelligence officer, held a field briefing for his subordinateofficers and field operatives last week at Cava restaurant on westThird Street.\n\nActually, it was just an interview with a Jewish journalist.

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