The US says it is going to ban Palestinian self-governance organization as well as the body representing it on the international stage.
The restrictions affect both the Palestinian Authority (PA), which was established by the Oslo Peace Agreement, and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which was recognized after the same process as the official representative of the Palestinian people, which was in turn to recognize Israel and renounce violence.
The State Department said that it would deny visa to PLO members and PA officials.
At the time and language at the statement, it suggests that this is the response of the Trump administration to this week’s French-Saudi LED conference that has been held in the United Nations to support rally for two future state solutions.
The meeting came as France, the UK and Canada committed to recognize an independent, demonetisation state at the end of this year, in some cases subject to certain conditions.
The US closed these tricks, in which those who attended the United Nations Conference warned those who participated in the “anti -Israel” declarations.
In the announcement of its sanctions, the state department accused the PA and PLO of taking action to internationalize their struggle with Israel through the “International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
It referred to a series of long -standing complaints by the US and Israel that the PLO and PA continued to support terrorism “to support terrorism to provide payments and benefits to the Palestinian terrorists and their families to provide payments and benefits to the Palestinian terrorists and their families. ,
Earlier this year, the Trump administration lifted restrictions on violent Israeli settlers, who killed Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
A major Palestinian politician described restrictions as “revenge” by the US for commitments to recognize the state of Palestinian from the increasing number of countries.
The PA appeared in a statement released on Thursday.
“These campaigns are growing in response to important and gradual achievements of Palestinian diplomacy,” it said.
“Recent beliefs of the state of Palestine, especially prominent countries, successful United Nations Conference in New York, and the historic announcement released in it.”
Palestinian National Initiative (PNI) founder Mustafa Burgoti, who is part of Plo, said the US was targeting the wrong side.
He told the BBC: “The administration of Trump, instead of punishing the criminals who are committing war crimes in Gaza and West Bank, which is Israel, instead … is punishing the victim, who is the Palestinian people.”
Israel welcomed the sanctions and thanked the US secretary for thanking the state’s Marco Rubio.
“This important action [President Trump] Foreign Minister Gidon Sar said, “His administration also highlights the moral deformation of some countries, which runs to identify a virtual Palestinian kingdom, while taking a blind eye to his support for terror and provocation.
The PA has always dismissed complaints around “pay”, stating that the payment has been said to the families of all Palestinian prisoners organized under the military occupation of Israel, many of which are not given any proper procedure and are conducted in violation of the fourth Geneva Convention.
Palestinians saw all the people detained by Israel and put them in jail by military courts, who have a 99 percent sentence rate as political prisoners. French officials said last week PA had expressed his desire to abolish these payments in response to France’s commitment to recognize the state of Palestinian.
This week’s United Nations Conference separated the US in its support, the way Israel continued the war in Gaza, which was criticized by many countries in the meeting.
The conference highlighted a strategic vacuum being released by Washington, which traditionally led diplomatic efforts for a viable long -term peace between Israel and Palestinians.
Travel sanctions on Palestinian authorities can be more limited than a full range of financial sanctions. It is already a complex and long process for PA and PLO officials to get a visa for a visit to the US, requiring special discounts that are rarely given.
It is not yet clear whether the step will affect any officials working for the Palestinian Mission for the United Nations in New York. The current Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations and his deputy is both American citizens.
