The PLO headquarters in Mazraa, Beirut. (Credit: Facebook/Ashraf Dabbour's Facebook page)
Alongside the handover of Fatah weapons to the authorities, reports recently published by Lebanese and Palestinian media indicate that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is involved in the sale of its land and real estate assets in Lebanon.This is reportedly why Yasser Abbas, the son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and in charge of the Lebanese dossier, visited Beirut last May, and why the Palestinian ambassador, Ashraf Dabbour, was removed from his post in Beirut.On the Fatah side, officials say the Palestinian Authority (PA) has “taken a serious decision” to “reorganize and legalize its land holdings after decades of delay,” in the words of one official.To better understand the issue, one has to go back to the 1970s, when Yasser Arafat, former head of the PLO who was based in Lebanon until 1982, ordered the purchase of...
Alongside the handover of Fatah weapons to the authorities, reports recently published by Lebanese and Palestinian media indicate that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is involved in the sale of its land and real estate assets in Lebanon.This is reportedly why Yasser Abbas, the son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and in charge of the Lebanese dossier, visited Beirut last May, and why the Palestinian ambassador, Ashraf Dabbour, was removed from his post in Beirut.On the Fatah side, officials say the Palestinian Authority (PA) has “taken a serious decision” to “reorganize and legalize its land holdings after decades of delay,” in the words of one official.To better understand the issue, one has to go back to the 1970s, when Yasser Arafat, former head of the PLO who was based in Lebanon until 1982, ordered the...
