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Palestinians To Ask UN for 1967 Borders By E.B. Solomont December 01, 2009 "JPost" -- - Palestinian statehood is a "vital" component necessary for regional peace, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, in a message to mark Monday's annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. But amid criticism of Israel's settlement activities during the two-day solidarity event, Israeli officials were bracing for Palestinian diplomats to declare new diplomatic strategies during a General Assembly debate on Monday. Specifically, officials were expected to use the platform to ask the Security Council to declare a Palestinian state along 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as the state's capital, according to reports published in recent weeks. Continue See also Israel rejects Palestinian statehood bid via the UN: Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a new Palestinian plan to seek unilateral statehood through a UN Security Council vote. Palestinian leaders say the US and Israel leave them with no other option. Exclusive: EU draft document on division of Jerusalem: The current holder of the rotating European Union presidency, Sweden, has put together a draft document calling for the division of Jerusalem between Israel and a future Palestinian state and implying that the EU would recognize a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood. EU 'to change stance on Palestinian statehood': According to an EU draft resolution authored by Sweden, the current holder of the rotating EU presidency, the body would recognize a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood in a monthly meeting of the ministers next week in Brussels, Haaretz reported. Israel warns EU over Jerusalem issue: A draft document, authored by the current holder of the rotating EU presidency, Sweden, and in possession of the daily, implies that the European Union would recognise a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood. The Jewish state is waging a diplomatic campaign to stop the EU from issuing such an endorsement, but diplomats close to the deliberations believe it is "virtually inevitable". U.S. Senators in Israel Say No to U.N. Resolution on Palestinian Statehood: Any United Nations resolution calling for unilateral statehood for Palestinians would be "dead on arrival," Democratic Sen. Ted Kaufman of Delaware said Monday while visiting Jerusalem. Venezuela Pledges Support for Palestinian Statehood during Abbas Visit: “We demand that the international community and the world understand that for sixty years, Palestine has wanted to live as a free, peaceful, independent, and sovereign country like the rest of the countries in the world,” said Abbas in the National Assembly. “We have inherited the [task] of constructing a democratic state in Palestine where Jews, Christians, and Muslims live in equal conditions,” he said. How does the U.S. help fund pro-settler IDF troops?: The Task Force to Save the Nation and the Land, the organization that offered every soldier refusing to evacuate a settlement, and the Kfir Brigade soldiers who publicly demonstrated their opposition to evacuation, NIS 1,000 for every day they spend in military prison, is a registered non-profit organization and has a license to operate.The group receives donations from a U.S. based group that are tax exempt. |
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