Seven Arches Hotel, where the PLO was born, to be run by Israeli company for up to 25 years

A Jerusalem hotel built with Jordan's backing is about to be handed to an Israeli company, the same hotel where the PLO was founded in 1964.

Israel has controlled the Seven Arches Hotel's management since 1967 under a "temporary" custodianship law. Now that control is being extended again, this time to a private company for up to 25 years.

Legal experts say the deal has no legal basis, the UN already ruled Israel's East Jerusalem annexation null and void, and the ICJ says policies like this can amount to illegal annexation.