RAMALLAH/GAZA, Feb 7 (NNN-WAFA) – A two-day general assembly meeting of the central council of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), kicked off last night, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, in the presence of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas.
At the presidential headquarters in the city, Abbas delivered a speech at the meeting of the Palestinian Central Council (PCC), the second-highest decision-making body in the PLO, noting that, the PCC would consider all options regarding relationship with Israel.
“The Palestinian leadership will study all the options regarding relationship with Israel, after it responded to the fullest extent with international efforts, to find a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,” said Abbas.
It was officially reported that, the first session was titled: “developing and activating the PLO, protecting the national project, and popular resistance.”
Salim Za’noun, the outgoing Speaker of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the highest decision-making body of the PLO, was unable to attend the meeting, due to illness.
Father Constantine Qarmash, his deputy, read the opening speech, saying, the Palestinian people “will never accept the status quo and any alternative that is detracted from their national rights.”