AL-Za’noon – Palestine National Council to be held in Coming May

AL-Za’noon – Palestine National Council to be held in Coming May

The Speaker of the Palestine National Council (PNC), Saleem Al- Za’noon stated that preparations are underway for the convening of the PNC no later than May 5, and that the exact date of the meeting would be announced during the upcoming meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee, on next Wednesday.

 Speaking to Voice of Palestine today (4-3-2018), Al- Za’noon said preparations were well underway for the PNC session, which would likely be held with the attendance of current members following Hamas and Islamic Jihad’s prior lack of response till now to the invitation to attend the PNC upcoming session.

 Despite their lack of response to the invitation, Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements would be re-invited to attend the session following the announcement of its date, he added.

 Commenting on the agenda of the session, Al- Za’noon concluded that filling the vacant positions of PLO Executive Committee’s members or electing new one would be placed as an item on the agenda.

 

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The PNC represents the supreme authority of the Palestinian people in all their places of residence. It sets PLO policies and plans to achieve the goals of the Palestinian people for self-determination, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital and the return of refugees to their homes.After Al-Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948, the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine, headed by Haj Amin Al-Husseini, decided to call for the convening of a Palestine National Council which met in Gaza in 1October 1948, which was the first Palestinian legislative authority to be established in the Arab state of Palestine. The Council then formed an all-Palestine government headed by Hilmi Abdel Baqi, who represented Palestine in the league of Arab States.The first national conference was held inJerusalem on 28May -2June 1964. This first National Council had 422 members, declared the establishment of the PlO, which represents the leadership of the Palestinian Arab people. The most important of which is the Palestinian National Charter, the Statutes of the Organization and others, and Mr. Ahmad Al-Shukairy was elected Chairman of the PlO.

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