![The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committe member, Hanan Ashrawi arrives for a press conference on February 24, 2015 in the West Bank city of Ramallah, a day after a verdict of a New York court was issued finding the Palestinian leadership responsible for six deadly attacks in Jerusalem that killed Americans. In a verdict issued late on February 23, a US jury found the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority and the PLO responsible for six attacks which killed 33 people and wounded more than 390 others between January 2002 and January 2004. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LHMHKAMVYXBMIWER3TJPA5MJ3U.jpg?smart=true&auth=f3137bcd129a066c0caa585f5f4805934a65819de9a381eee2b59bf99ac22d6b&width=400&height=225)
Top Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi has resigned, marking a major change to the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. AFP
Top Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi has resigned, marking a major change to the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. AFP
Hanan Ashrawi resigns from PLO and renews calls for reform
Ms Ashrawi has spent years at the top of the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisation