Palestinians say UN bid is last ditch-effort to secure two-state solution to ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank - A bid for U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine is a last-ditch attempt to rescue troubled Mideast peace efforts, a Palestinian spokeswoman said Wednesday, rejecting Israel's charge that it is an attempt to bypass negotiations.www.washingtonpost.com
Palestinians say UN bid is last-ditch peace effort
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A bid for U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine is a last-ditch attempt to rescue troubled Mideast peace efforts, a Palestinian spokeswoman said Wednesday, rejecting Israel's charge that it is an attempt to bypass ...www.google.com
European Parliament: MEPs debate Gaza conflict and Palestinian UN bid
BRUSSELS (EJP)---Israel's army recent operation in Gaza "certainly has not destroyed Hamas, it might even have the opposite effect of making Hamas stronger in the longer term," asserted British Liberal Democrat MEP Graham Watson during a debate in the ...www.ejpress.org
US-based peace groups back Palestinian UN bid
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Two Washington-based organizations that support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday backed Palestine's bid for admission to the UN. Americans for Peace Now, the US branch of Israel's centrist peace ...www.maannews.net
Spain Intends to Back Palestinian Bid for Statehood at UN
Spain will back the Palestinians' bid to win recognition as a state at the United Nations while the U.K. has set conditions for its vote.www.bloomberg.com
Palestine's UN bid 'historic moment': envoy
UNITED NATIONS - Riyad Mansour, the permanent observer of Palestine to the United Nations, said on Tuesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will submit the Palestinian bid for a non-member state status to the UN General Assembly on ...www.chinadaily.com.cn
Lithuania to abstain on Palestinian UN bid as EU split
RAUDONDVARIS, Lithuania: Lithuania will abstain on the looming Palestinian bid for upgraded UN membership, given the lack of a united stance in the 27-nation European Union, President Dalia Grybauskaite said.www.dailystar.com.lb
France to back Palestinian bid for enhanced status at UN Add to ...
The Palestinians have lobbied for support from European countries for their bid at watered-down statehood at the UN set to take place in two days time. While Israel has lobbied against them, the Palestinians are set for a sure victory in the 193-member ...www.theglobeandmail.com
Britain may support Palestine's UN bid despite US block
While France, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, has come out in support of Palestine, the United States has already signalled that it will attempt to block the bid. Victoria Nuland, US spokesperson for the Department for ...www.albawaba.com
Why the Palestinian UN bid puts William Hague in a tricky position
The Palestinians already have "observer" status at the UN, but this gives them a delegation in New York and not much else.blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Palestinian Authority UN Bid: An Open Letter to the Mayor of Paris
The Mayor of Paris recently came out with a declaration calling for France to support the upcoming Palestinian Authority bid at the UN for them to receive observer status, here is my response to him. Dear Mr. Delanoë,. Your comments are unfortunately ...www.algemeiner.com
Palestinians warn: back UN statehood bid or risk boosting Hamas
The Palestinian leadership is warning Europe and the US that failure to support its bid for statehood at the United Nations on Thursday will further strengthen Hamas after the Gaza fighting by suggesting that violence, rather than diplomacy, is the way ...www.guardian.co.uk
Defiant Abbas expected to win UN vote
RAMALLAH: Openly defying the US President, Barack Obama, and facing down Israeli threats to abandon the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will submit a bid to the United Nations to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority ...www.smh.com.au
Turtle Bay: France to back Palestine UN bid
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius today announced that France would support the Palestinian bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations, frustrating efforts by President Barack Obama to persuade the Palestinian leader to stand down.turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com
France, Spain to back Palestinian U.N. bid
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- France will support a Palestinian bid for non-member U.N. "observer state" status, the foreign minister said, and Spain will do the same, El Pais reported.www.upi.com
France to back Palestinians at UN
The announcement is a blow to Israel, whose diplomats have been working feverishly to try to ensure what they call a ''moral majority'' in the UN vote, meaning that even if a majority of nations vote in favor of the Palestinian bid, the major world ...bostonglobe.com
Palestinian UN bid a mistake, says US
Palestinian UN bid a mistake, says US Washington: The US has termed as a "mistake" the Palestinian bid to become a non-member observer state at the UN -- a move supported by countries like India, Brazil and South Africa -- warning it would derail the ...zeenews.india.com
Britain offers conditional support to Palestinian UN bid
The second condition is that Mr Abbas would not take a further step and ask the Security Council to consider full Palestinian membership of the UN. Finally, Britain wants Mr Abbas to resume peace negotiations with Israel without preconditions. At ...www.telegraph.co.uk
Israel-US efforts to soften wording of Palestinian UN bid has failed, official ...
Israeli official says senior PA negotiator Saeb Erekat refuses U.S. request to discuss UN bid; Washington seeks to alter proposal's wording in order to minimize the political fallout.www.haaretz.com
Americans for Peace Now backs Palestinian U.N. bid
Americans for Peace Now called on President Obama to support the Palestinians' bid to upgrade their status in the United Nations to non-member observer state. The stance by the left-wing group issued in a statement Tuesday places it at odds with others ...www.jewishjournal.com
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