The Trump administration said a week earlier that the United States will close the office as a response to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute Israelis at the United Nations in September. A provision of the U.S. law requires the PLO office to close if Palestinians back the ICC's move to investigate or prosecute Israelis.
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) responded by announcing Tuesday that it was suspending contacts with the United States over the decision to close the PLO office, calling it unacceptable.
The spokesperson of Abbas' Fatah Party, Nasser Quadwa, told Xinhua on Saturday that anti-Palestine laws in the United States are used by pro-Israeli lobbies against the PLO representation in the country.
He also said shutting down the PLO office would cause the Palestinians to react strongly, and will harm Palestinian-U.S. relations.
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