Israeli Left open letter to EU urges for recognition of Palestinian State
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Led by former Knesset speaker, Avraham Burg, 19 other Israeli personalities have sent an open letter to the European Union today urging European states to vote for independence Palestine in the month of September, when the General Assembly of the United Nations will convene. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is determined to have the UN recognize Palestine as a full member, pending a two-thirds majority vote by member nations.
As outlined in Le Monde, the signatories indicated that after having taken an assessment of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's 'intransigence' as expressed in a speech he delivered to the US Congress on May 24th, 2011 coupled with the White House's (i.e. Obama) renunciation of exerting any real pressure on Netanyahu, they are calling on European capitals to recognize a Palestinian state on 1967 borders with land swaps of equal size and East Jerusalem as its capital.
Excerpts from the open letter: (this letter was meant to be released on Friday, May 27th, but Le Monde obtained an advance copy).
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As outlined in Le Monde, the signatories indicated that after having taken an assessment of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's 'intransigence' as expressed in a speech he delivered to the US Congress on May 24th, 2011 coupled with the White House's (i.e. Obama) renunciation of exerting any real pressure on Netanyahu, they are calling on European capitals to recognize a Palestinian state on 1967 borders with land swaps of equal size and East Jerusalem as its capital.
Excerpts from the open letter: (this letter was meant to be released on Friday, May 27th, but Le Monde obtained an advance copy).
Continue reading on Examiner.com Israeli Left open letter to EU urges for recognition of Palestinian State - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/israeli-left-open-letter-to-e...
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57% of Israelis approve of Netanyahu's speech in Washington. Former Knesset speaker Burg is one of the few calling it a disaster.
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