Obama Upgrades PLO Status in Washington, Flies PLO Terrorist Flag - Jewish Internet Defense Force

Obama Upgrades PLO Status in Washington, Flies PLO Terrorist Flag - Jewish Internet Defense Force: "The Obama administration will allow the PLO office in Washington to fly the Palestinian flag and assume the title of 'delegation.'

'At the request of the PLO representative, which we have granted given the improvement in the relations between the United States and Palestinians, they have requested permission to fly the Palestinian flag,' he said. 'And they have requested permission to call themselves the General Delegation of the PLO, which is a name that conforms to how they describe their missions in Europe, Canada, and several Latin American countries.'

Crowley said the steps have symbolic value and reflect improved relations between the United States and Palestinians....

PLO representation in Washington was made illegal under a number of laws in the mid 1980s, when the group was widely regarded as terrorist.

Since 1993, at the launch of the Oslo peace process, U.S. presidents have exercised their prerogative to waive the ban every six months. Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, have cultivated the PLO and its leadership of the Palestinian Authority....