PalestinianPrime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah will visit Istanbul on Thursday to attend onbehalf of Palestinian Authority’s President Mahmoud Abbas the Organization ofIslamic Cooperation (OIC) emergency meeting called by Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan to address the latest serious developments in Palestine: mainlyin Gaza and Occupied Jerusalem.
PMHamdallah will be escorted by each of Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki Ministerof Jerusalem Affairs Adnan al-Husseini Minister of Awqaf Yousef Edais andMinister of Labor Mamoun Abu Shahla along with a number of other officials.
Turkeythe rotating president of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation isset to host an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss a joint action againstIsrael in the wake of the recent Gaza killings.