'Palestinian Authority to Press UN for Palestinian State'

The Palestinian Authority is to call on the United Nations to recognize the Palestinian state, "marginalizing" the US so-called peace efforts, an Israeli paper claims.

The Israeli government is becoming increasingly fearful that the PA pushes through a new related UN Security Council Resolution, The Jerusalem Post reported.

The resolution, which is yet to be voted on, would oblige Israel to retreat behind the borders it invaded in 1967.

Upon implementation, it would also avalanche Israel with the Palestinian refugees which would invoke their right to return. Some 750,000 Palestinians were displaced and forced to live in refugee camps in the aftermath of Israel's occupation of Palestine in 1948.'

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Sarkozy Urges Creation of 'Viable Palestinian State'

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for the 'rapid resumption' of the Middle East peace talks urging the creation of a 'viable Palestinian state.'

Speaking after a meeting with the acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas in Paris, Sarkozy said Monday, “We want a Palestinian state but we want a viable state.”

However, he challenged his Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's Sunday remarks in which the top French diplomat had called for a “proclamation of a Palestinian State, and its immediate recognition by the international community, even before negotiating its borders".'

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Israel's Lunatic Fringe Rejects Obama's Plans

Members of an Israeli right-wing faction have expressed their opposition to US President Barack Obama's support for a two-state solution. Over 1,800 members of the Unity Coalition for Israel (UCI) have sent emails to President Obama and other members of his staff, questioning "the wisdom" of the new US administration.'

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