Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns from PLO commit
Date of publication: 7 December, 2020
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A leading Palestinian official has resigned from the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s Executive Committee in protest at Ramallah’s decision to resume security coordination with Israel, sources have told The New Arab’s Arabic- service.
Dr Hanan Ashrawi, a veteran legislator who has taken part in negotiations with Israel, submitted her resignation from the PLO’s executive committee to Palestinian Authority’s President Mahmoud Abbas sometime in “the past few days”.
The sources, who chose to remain anonymous because they were not authorised to speak to media, said it was not immediately clear whether President Abbas had accepted Dr Ashrawi’s resignation.
“It appears that Ashrawi is angry at where things are right now,” said the sources, referring to the Palestian leadership’s decision last month to restore coordination with Israel.
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