Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to chair a meeting of the PLO Executive Committee on Thursday to discuss ways of confronting the policies of the new Israeli government, a Palestinian official said.
The PLO leaders are also expected to discuss the repercussions of Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound (Temple Mount) on Tuesday morning, the official added.
The Palestinians, Jordan and other Arab countries have strongly condemned the visit, dubbing it a “dangerous and unprecedented provocation and a challenge to the feelings of Muslims and Arabs.”
Ramzi Rabah, a member of the PLO Executive Committee, told the Palestinian Alwatanvoice news website the PLO leaders will also discuss demands to cancel all signed agreements with Israel as well as pursuing efforts to denounce and isolate Israel and hold it accountable for its “crimes” against the Palestinians.
PLO officials and institutions have in the past recommended that the Palestinian leadership rescind all agreements with Israel and halt security coordination between the Palestinian security forces and the IDF in the West Bank. Abbas, however, has refused to implement the recommendations. READ MORE