Reviving a Palestinian Power: The Diaspora and the Diplomatic Corps

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Reviving a Palestinian Power: The Diaspora and the Diplomatic Corps

Palestinian diaspora communities can help reinvigorate the Palestine Liberation Organization’s representative character so that the organization may be able to develop an effective national strategy and be better equipped to respond to the extraordinary challenges facing the Palestinian people.

By Zaha Hassan, Nadia Hijab, Inès Abdel Razek, Mona N. Younis

Published on May 4, 2021

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About the Authors

Zaha Hassan

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Zaha Hassan is a human rights lawyer and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Nadia Hijab

Inès Abdel Razek

Mona N. Younis

Middle East Palestine

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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