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Why a Palestinian State at September?
A lot of discussions are taking place these days between the Palestinians about the Palestinian state that the PLO wants to ask for at September from the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.
Many do not understand what are the outcomes of such an International recognition of a Palestinian state while others argue about the 1967 borders that this possible recognition will take as the borders of the Palestinian state. I read a lot of what the young Palestinians have been writing and listen to many talking about their frustration.
Who wants a Palestinian state more…Israelis? or Palestinians?
The main point which Israelis and Palestinians have been negotiating since the Oslo agreement is whether the Palestinians should be given a state of their [singlepic id=449 w=320 h=240 float=right]own or not. In the beginning the Israelis refused the idea of sharing the land with Palestinians but later many of the Israeli leaders talked about the importance of separating Israel from the Palestinians by giving them a state on the 1967 occupied lands.
The Palestinian leadership agreed on the idea of two states solution to end the historical conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Despite the fact that Israel refuses to go forward with this solution, it will cost the Palestinians a high price in which the refugees would not go back to their homes, the Israeli state
Two years after the Israeli War on Gaza: Israeli leaders threaten to launch a new military operation
Deputy of Israeli Prime Minister, Silvan Shalom said today that Israel would launch a new military operation in Gaza. Shalom said that Israel refuses to [singlepic id=442 w=320 h=240 float=right] accept the current situation in the area around Gaza strip. Israeli Minister Yuval Shtaints stated tat sooner or later Israel will have to attack Hamas and end its sovereignty in Gaza.
Shtaints criticized the Palestinian efforts to get an International recognition of the Palestinian state and said that without peace there will be no Palestinian state. On the ground, the Israeli army killed two Palestinians and injured a third while they were trying to launch an attack on the southern borders of Gaza
Israel’s Policy and the idea of A One State solution
It seems that the Israeli leadership finds it hard to accept any kind of commitment to stop the settlements in East Jerusalem and [singlepic id=148 w=320 h=240 float=right] the occupied West Bank. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government does not agree on any kind of settlements freeze in East Jerusalem. Instead Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that the current Israeli government will continue to build in East Jerusalem exactly as the former Israeli leaders who have been building in the city since forty two years.
