Redigerer Leila Shahid (avsnitt)

===Representant for PLO, ambassadør for Den palestinske selvstyremyndighet=== 
Hun representerte [[PLO]] i [[Irland]] i 1989, i [[Nederland]] i 1990, og var deretter ambassadør for [[den palestinske selvstyremyndighet]] i [[Frankrike]] der hun tiltrådte i Paris i 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Questions swirl around Arafat's health - Oct 30, 2004|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/30/arafat.health/index.html|url-status=yes|access-date=2021-05-02|website=edition.cnn.com|archive-date=2021-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126070108/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/30/arafat.health/index.html}}</ref> Fra 2006 til 2014 var hun Palestinas generaldelegat til [[EU]], [[Belgia]] og [[Luxembourg]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-12-14|title=Leila Shahid leaves her function of Palestinian delegate to Belgium and the EU|url=https://brusselsdiplomatic.com/2014/12/14/leila-shahid-leaves-her-function-of-palestinian-delegate-to-belgium-and-the-eu/|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Brussels Diplomatic|language=en}}</ref>

I 2004 oppholdt Leila Shahid seg hos den palestinske leder [[Yasser Arafat]] under hans siste dager på sykehus utenfor Paris.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswslw|title=Witness, The Last Days of Yasser Arafat|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>

[[Russell Tribunal on Palestine]] ble opprettet som svar på en oppfordring fra Leila Shahid og [[Ken Coates]] (leder av [[Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation]]), [[Nurit Peled]] (israeler, som mottok [[Sakharovprisen for ytringsfrihet]] i 2001).<ref>{{Cite web|date=15. november 2011|title=The Russell Tribunal on Palestine|url=https://www.cjpme.org/fs_142|access-date=2021-05-02|website=CJPME - English|language=en}}</ref>