RAMALLAH: The United States has decided to shutter the Palestinian mission in Washington in the latest move against them by President Donald Trump, a Palestinian official said Monday, denouncing what he called a “dangerous escalation”. Palestinian officials say the reason given for the closure was their stepped-up campaign at the ICC. “We have been notified by a US official of their decision to close the Palestinian mission to the US,” Palestine Liberation Organisation secretary-general Saeb Erekat said in a statement. US officials say Palestinian leaders have breached the arrangement by calling for Israeli officials to be prosecuted at the ICC in The Hague. The United States had already threatened to close the office in November.

Source: Pakistan Today September 10, 2018 15:45 UTC