"Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee, held a series of meetings with top officials and lawmakers in Washington DC last week, according to a PLO press release on Saturday...
In the last meeting of her visit, Ashrawi met with Rob Malley, Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and White House Coordinator for MENA, and Steven Galpern, National Security Council Director of Israeli-Palestinian Affairs...
In the meeting with Malley and Galpern, Ashrawi asked for the US to support future Palestinian moves, and for the United Nations (UN) to play a more significant role in 'ending the occupation.'
Ashrawi's comments on the UN are particularly meaningful given a Wall Street Journal report last week, which cited senior US officials revealing US President Barack Obama intends to use the UN to divide Jerusalem..."