[DAWN] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
expressed alarm on Tuesday over the United States shuttering the Paleostinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) mission in Washington, saying it showed America could no longer be an impartial player in the grinding of the peace processor.
The State Department announced Monday it would close the mission, accusing the Paleostinians of refusing to engage with the United States or Israel and of rejecting outright a still-unseen US peace plan.
But the PLO said it was being blackmailed by a White House blatantly biased in favour of Israel.
"The decision is worrying and it is another sign that the US is not an impartial party in the Middle East grinding of the peace processor,"