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| Erekat: PA planning to declare statehood |
| 2009-11-15 |
| [Ma'an] Ma'an/Agencies - The Palestinian Authority is mobilizing international support for declaring statehood, chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Saturday. "The idea is clear and understandable," Erekat told the Arabic-language daily newspaper Al-Ayyam. "Now we mobilize." Palestinians will bring the issue to a vote before the United Nations Security Council, which would declare a Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 border with Israel, he explained. He called the initiative a response to Israel's policies, which would send a clear message that "settlements and other unilateral actions are null and void and do not establish rights or territory." Erekat said he had discussed the idea more than once with the Americans and Europeans, while President Mahmoud Abbas raised the proposal with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russian officials, who reacted positively. Abbas will seek support from Latin America by the end of the week, Erekat added, and continue to lobby Europe. The concept was first proposed by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, he said. "Contacts with the Europeans have been ongoing as well as with Russia and the UN. All Arab countries support the idea and will choose the right time to bring up the issue with the UN Security Council after they consult the other international powers, including Europe and even America." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Good. The Palestinians can declare "statehood". The West Bank is a series of islands in a SEA of Israel. You can cut the roads between every single little Palestinian island to the next. Then you can wall the islands in and they can try and spit over the wall. No services from Israel AT ALL. No water , no trucks, no roads open. no food, fook you eat sh8t and die. See how you like not getting along with your Israeli neighbors and suck your num-num. Gaza? Let 'em keep digging. Do they have a Navy? Flap your arms and maybe you can fly. You can sit in there and suck each other. We dont HAVE to let you go in or out through our territory. Wave at the Egyptians, because they learned their lesson real good about Ya Allah and going to war a long time ago. They wont fight for you and damn sure they wont attack Israel again anytime soon. So if we shut the door on your little State, I hope you like eating rocks... because that's all we let in. Yeah, you declare Statehood. And suck it through a straw when you do. You want to play? Bring your money, cause we will make you pay about anything we like for every bag of peanuts on the truck. |
| Posted by: Angleton9 2009-11-15 08:44 |
| #1 Pals aready have a state. It's named Jordan. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-15 00:33 |