PLO Will Consider Declaring Palestinian Areas as State Under Occupation - Official

Azzam al-Ahmad, a senior member of Fatah Central Committee,

Ramallah, MINA – Azzam al-Ahmad, member of Fatah Central Committee, said on Sunday that the upcoming meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Central Council will consider declaring the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 as “a state under occupation.”

The Central Council is going to meet in Ramallah before the middle of next month and will conduct a comprehensive political review of the peace process and the steps required by the Palestinians, WAFA reported, citing Ahmad in a statement to the Voice of Palesine radio.

“It is not possible to continue with the relationship with Israel as long as the latter keeps denying the rights of our people, particularly in Jerusalem,” he said.

Further Palestinian diplomatic action will take place in the UN General Assembly, the Security Council and even the International Criminal Court as well as other international organizations in response to US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

“We are facing a continuous, cumulative and long political, diplomatic and popular battle,” he said. (T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)