Istanbul, Turkey - After two days of meetings here, the organisers of the Palestinians Abroad Conference have established a new political entity to represent Palestinian diaspora communities and strive for greater Palestinian rights.

Conference leaders said on Sunday that they aspired to play a bigger role in the struggle against Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, alongside the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO).

They insisted that their new organisation does not aim to replace the PLO  - the organisation that has been representing the Palestinian people since 1964.

Lees verder  Al Jazeera 28 februari 2017