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===Diplomatic representation===
{{main|Foreign relations of Palestine}}
{{See also|Category:Ambassadors of the State of Palestine}}
The Palestine Information Office was registered with the Justice Department of the United States as a foreign agent until 1968, when it was closed. It was reopened in 1989 as the Palestine Affairs Center.<ref>''The Palestinian Diaspora: Formation of Identities and Politics of Homeland'', by Helena Lindholm Schulz, Juliane Hammer, Routledge, 2003 p. 81</ref> The PLO Mission office in Washington, DC was opened in 1994 and represented the PLO in the United States. On 20 July 2010, the United States Department of State agreed to upgrade the status of the PLO Mission in the United States to "General Delegation of the PLO".<ref>Mozgovaya, Natasha. (2010-07-22) [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-upgrades-status-of-palestinian-mission-in-washington-1.303475 U.S. upgrades status of Palestinian mission in Washington Israel News Broadcast]. Haaretz. Retrieved on 2013-08-25.</ref> Secretary of State [[Rex Tillerson]] in 2017 determined that the PLO Mission broke a US law prohibiting the PLO Mission from attempting to get the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israelis for offences against Palestinians, under penalty of closure.<ref>{{cite news|title=US may shut down Palestinians' DC office|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5044405,00.html|access-date=10 September 2018|work=Ynet|agency=Associated Press|date=18 November 2017|quote=Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has determined that the Palestinians ran afoul of an obscure provision in a US law that says the Palestine Liberation Organization's mission must close if the Palestinians try to get the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israelis for crimes against Palestinians. A State Department official said that in September, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas crossed that line by calling on the ICC to investigate and prosecute Israelis.}}</ref> On 10 September 2018, National Security Advisor John Bolton announced the closure of the PLO Mission;<ref>{{cite news|last1=Michael R. Gordon|title=Trump Administration to Close Palestine Liberation Organization Office in Washington|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-to-close-palestine-liberation-organization-office-in-washington-1536546125|access-date=10 September 2018|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=10 September 2018}}</ref> Nauert, a U.S. Department of State spokeswoman, cited as the reason Palestine's "push to have the International Criminal Court investigate Israel for possible war crimes."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Conor Finnegan|title=Trump administration shutting down Palestinian office in Washington DC|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-shutting-palestinian-office-washington-dc/story?id=57728300|access-date=11 September 2018|work=ABC News|date=10 September 2018|quote=That includes a push to have the International Criminal Court investigate Israel for possible war crimes against the Palestinian people. Erekat said the Palestinians will continue to push for that, which Nauert also cited as a reason for the U.S. decision to shut down the office.}}</ref>