After 22 yrs, Palestine Nat'l Council to meet in April

The Palestine Liberation Organization’s Executive Committee on Wednesday announced plans to hold a meeting of the Palestinian National Council after a 22-year hiatus.

Notably, the meeting -- slated for April 30 -- will see the election of new Executive Committee members, according to Palestine’s official Wafa news agency.

A legislative body that theoretically represents Palestinians at home and in the diaspora, the National Council last convened in 1996.

Originally founded in 1948, the council includes representatives from all major Palestinian political movements except resistance factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad.