Jerusalem – With revolutionary fervor sweeping the Middle East, Israel is under mounting pressure to make a far-reaching offer to the Palestinians or face a United Nations vote welcoming the State of Palestine as a member whose territory includes all of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
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The Palestinian Authority has been steadily building support for such a resolution in September, a move that could place Israel into a diplomatic vise. Israel would be occupying land belonging to a fellow United Nations member, land it has controlled and settled for more than four decades and some of which it expects to keep in any two-state solution.
“We are facing a diplomatic-political tsunami that the majority of the public is unaware of and that will peak in September,” said Ehud Barak, Israel’s defense minister, at a conference in Tel Aviv last month. “It is a very dangerous situation, one that requires action.” He added, “Paralysis, rhetoric, inaction will deepen the isolation of Israel.”
With aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thrashing out proposals to the Palestinians, President Shimon Peres is due at the White House on Tuesday to meet with President Obama and explore ways out of the bind. The United States is still uncertain how to move the process forward, according to diplomats here.
Keep Peres out of USA he is just troble for Israel He initiated Onslow and the gaza evacuation of jews.Time for him to go…He has caused thousands of jews alot of pain due to terrorisms and being thrown out of homes and yeshivas,
This is taka a serios problem – I guess we will se how it plays out
indeed, time is about to run out. the government of israel is weak. the military and police need to go in and take out as many as possible. the world haters shouldn’t blink take back sinai. westbank and gaza need to be “cleaned out”. if we eliminate 20 or 20 million it is all the same. the work needs to be done now. antisinetic un is waiting for september. talking is not the answer. all israeli’s hanging out here in the usa on bogus student visa’s and the “religious should be made to come back to israel and either be in the military or do manual labor. israel is failing because it’s people are failures.
The state of Palestine already exists. It is called Jordan! There is no need for 2 Palestinian states.
Did anyone notice the blatant photo that the NY Times used?
When I first glanced at it, I though to myself oh my are those people dead? instead the arabs are praying in front of the soldiers.
i dont see the difference, the settlements are not recognized by the UNGA and they are condemned by 99% of the world – its just more semantics.