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1st August 2011, 08:07
FYI:
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has rejected a call by Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon to hold a public debate on Israel's occupation of the West Bank.
"Ending the Israeli occupation is not a point [that] needs to [be] discuss[ed]," Erekat said on Sunday, Xinhua reported.
Ayalon had earlier in the month appeared on a video that circulated online claiming that the West Bank had never been occupied.
"Ayalon's call doesn't worth a response … the Palestinians want to build their state on the occupied lands within the pre-1967 borders,” he added.
The Palestinian Authority has frequently insisted that they will not return to talks with Israel unless the regime in Tel Aviv would stop the illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank.
Furthermore, the Palestinians will attempt to obtain recognition of a sovereign state when the UN General Assembly meets in September.
The UN membership requires a recommendation from the Security Council and approval by two-thirds of the General Assembly, or 128 countries.
Over 100 countries have so far endorsed the Palestinian 1988 declaration of independence, but the United States has threatened to veto a vote for the UN recognition of Palestinian statehood.
Ayalon has on several occasions warned the PA against seeking international recognition, claiming that such a decision would lead to a “disappointment and maybe violence” in the occupied territories.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/191729.html
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has rejected a call by Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon to hold a public debate on Israel's occupation of the West Bank.
"Ending the Israeli occupation is not a point [that] needs to [be] discuss[ed]," Erekat said on Sunday, Xinhua reported.
Ayalon had earlier in the month appeared on a video that circulated online claiming that the West Bank had never been occupied.
"Ayalon's call doesn't worth a response … the Palestinians want to build their state on the occupied lands within the pre-1967 borders,” he added.
The Palestinian Authority has frequently insisted that they will not return to talks with Israel unless the regime in Tel Aviv would stop the illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank.
Furthermore, the Palestinians will attempt to obtain recognition of a sovereign state when the UN General Assembly meets in September.
The UN membership requires a recommendation from the Security Council and approval by two-thirds of the General Assembly, or 128 countries.
Over 100 countries have so far endorsed the Palestinian 1988 declaration of independence, but the United States has threatened to veto a vote for the UN recognition of Palestinian statehood.
Ayalon has on several occasions warned the PA against seeking international recognition, claiming that such a decision would lead to a “disappointment and maybe violence” in the occupied territories.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/191729.html