PLO want advice from PR firm Bell Pottinger

Bell Pottinger, which has recently been criticised for working for the governments of Bahrain and Yemen, is regarded as one of the world's top PR agencies and regularly appears at number one in PR Week's annual rankings.

The UK-based firm, founded by a former adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, claims that its staff "are leaders in their fields and have the skills and experience to use any medium and reach any audience anywhere in the world".

The Palestinian Authority is currently involved in efforts to gather international support before the UN vote on its unilateral declaration of statehood, scheduled for the end of September.