GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DC upgrades PLO to "General Delegation" diplomatic status

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: A7

24July2010 8:29amPDT

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:

Palestinian Authority officials have announced that the U.S. State Department has upgraded the PLO status from "bureau" to "general delegation", allowing them diplomatic immunity. The decision gives the PLO the same U.S. status as Canada and other western European countries, though stops short of allowing them an embassy. �(Read Full Article)

Israeli and American flags being burned outside the Palestinian parliament in Gaza City July 17, 2007