Wednesday, April 20, 2011 | Ryan Jones
The Obama Administration on Tuesday signaled the Palestinian Authority that it will oppose efforts to unilaterally establish a Palestinian state at the UN in September.
The Palestinians and their allies plan to call on the UN to formally recognize an independent Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip, with Jerusalem as its capital. They have threatened to follow through with this plan in September unless Israel offers compelling concessions before then.
The Americans are expected to veto the unilateral establishment of Palestine in the UN Security Council, but the motion is almost certain to pass in the General Assembly.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is confident that US President Barack Obama will eventually come around and that America, too, will support the birth of Palestine, even in the absence of a bilateral peace deal with Israel.
"We are counting on the words of US President Barack Obama who said his vision is to see a Palestinian state this coming September," Abbas said during a visit to Tunisia this week.
Full story: http://www.israeltoday.co.il/tabid/178/nid/22754/Default.aspx
The Palestinians and their allies plan to call on the UN to formally recognize an independent Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip, with Jerusalem as its capital. They have threatened to follow through with this plan in September unless Israel offers compelling concessions before then.
The Americans are expected to veto the unilateral establishment of Palestine in the UN Security Council, but the motion is almost certain to pass in the General Assembly.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is confident that US President Barack Obama will eventually come around and that America, too, will support the birth of Palestine, even in the absence of a bilateral peace deal with Israel.
"We are counting on the words of US President Barack Obama who said his vision is to see a Palestinian state this coming September," Abbas said during a visit to Tunisia this week.
Full story: http://www.israeltoday.co.il/tabid/178/nid/22754/Default.aspx
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