; 22 U.S.C. 5202 ), makes it unlawful to establish or maintain an office, headquarters, premises, or other facilities or establishments within the jurisdiction of the United States at the behest or direction of, or with funds provided by the Palestine Liberation Organization or any of its constituent groups, any successor to any of those, or any agents thereof . (3) Using various authorities, the executive branch has waived the provisions of section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987. (4) Article XXXI, clause 7, of the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the Status of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (September 28, 1995) states that Neither side shall initiate or take any step that will change the status of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip pending the outcome of the permanent status negotiations . (5) In January 2009, the PLO sent a declaration to the International Criminal Court under Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. (6) On October 31, 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted to admit the State of Palestine as its 195th full member. Since being admitted, the Palestinians have used UNESCO to pass anti-Israel resolutions, including a recent effort to deny the historical connection of the Jewish people to holy sites including the Temple Mount and Western Wall in Jerusalem. (7) On November 29, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly voted to accord the State of Palestine status as a nonmember observer State at the United Nations. (8) On April 2, 2014, the PLO joined the Geneva Conventions as well as 13 other organizations. (9) On January 2, 2015, the PLO acceded to the Rome Statute, and on January 16, 2015, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court opened a preliminary examination of the situation in Palestine after accepting jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over alleged crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, since