Thirty years ago, Congress correctly declared that the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and its affiliates were terror groups who had no place keeping an office in the United States. Decades of Palestinian behavior since then has confirmed the wisdom of that judgment.
Today, Palestinian leaders still refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish State, still incite and financially reward terrorism, and still lash out against our lawmakers and diplomats.
Until today, presidents from both parties let the PLO keep an office open in DC, which signaled to Palestinian leaders that violence and intransigence had no costs, and so hindered the cause of peace.
I have repeatedly introduced legislation requiring the office's closure, and recently @RosLehtinen and I sent a letter to the administration emphasizing that the office was operating illegally & calling for it to be closed.
I commend @POTUS and his administration for taking the necessary, prudent, and long overdue step of closing down the PLO office. --> bit.ly/2wW1Jhd
