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Palestinians Say Israel Prepared to Reopen Orient House
(Jerusalem Post) - Khaled Abu Toameh Israel has hinted to the PA that it is considering reopening Orient House, Palestinian sources said Thursday. The PLO's unofficial headquarters in Jerusalem was closed in August 2001 after the Sbarro bombing in the city. Senior government officials have indicated that Israel would be prepared to allow Orient House to resume its activities if the Palestinians would dismantle the security department and the international affairs department that had operated in the compound. A senior Orient House official confirmed, "We are even prepared to give up the two departments if that would pave the way for reopening Orient House."