In the wake of President Trump’s abandonment of the Israel-Palestine two-state solution at a joint press conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu two weeks ago, and President Trump’s promise to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Palestinian activists, politicians and journalists converged in Istanbul, Turkey this weekend, at the Conference of Palestinians Abroad. Key to the conference was the creation of a new political organization, to be based in Beirut, Lebanon. Conference leaders said they were not seeking to replace the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), but to join in the struggle against Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, alongside the PLO. Not yet named, … Continue reading Palestinian leaders establish new political organization to support PLO