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9/23/2011 2:07:25 PM
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas remains adamant he would not give up the historic quest for full UN membership for a Palestinian state despite massive pressure from the US
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9/23/2011 1:07:01 PM
It is shocking, but not surprising, that in the US, the primary way of understanding and analyzing the debate at the UN over Palestinian statehood is in terms of its effect upon American politics
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9/23/2011 9:46:07 AM
Israel rejects a proposal by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to upgrade the Palestinians' UN status and admit them as a non-member state
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9/21/2011 4:37:49 PM
While the US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice described the Palestinian bid for UN membership as "unwise", thousands of flag-waving Palestinians rallied in the West Bank to show support for statehood
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9/20/2011 4:09:09 PM
British Foreign Minister: EU members mum on positions on Palestine UN bid 'to encourage return to peace talks'
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International
9/20/2011 11:02:33 AM
US senators urge 23 African leaders to oppose the Palestinians’ statehood bid at the United Nations, claiming such a move “could run counter to the cause of peace”
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Region
9/19/2011 6:20:03 PM
An opinion poll reveals that 83 per cent of Palestinians support a planned bid for full UN membership and international recognition of a Palestinian state
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9/19/2011 1:24:06 PM
President Mahmoud Abbas says he is sticking to his plan to seek full UN membership for a Palestinian state although "all hell has broken out" over the move strongly opposed by the US and Israel
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9/19/2011 9:44:20 AM
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says that Israel should take the chance and recognize the Palestinian state" in order to save peace in middle east
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International
9/17/2011 5:53:12 PM
Facing a U.N. showdown over Palestinian statehood, President Barack Obama plans talks with feuding Israeli and Turkish leaders and renewed efforts to revive Middle East peace talks to ease rising regional tensions
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9/17/2011 3:55:55 PM
Several hundreds of Palestinian and Israeli women demonstrate on each side of Israel's Qalandiya checkpoint, as each side is expressing its view on the Palestinian bid for UN statehood and membership
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9/17/2011 2:03:34 PM
Envoys from the quartet of Middle East negotiators will meet on Sunday in a last-ditch push to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and avert a showdown over Palestinian statehood at the U.N.
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9/14/2011 3:18:12 PM
Arab sources indicate that the Palestinian authority might go to the General Assembly to get UN recognition of the Palestinian state, instead of the Security Council in order to avoid a likely US veto
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9/13/2011 7:05:25 PM
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterates the US position on Palestinian statehood, rejecting the Palestinian bid to seek full membership in the UN
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9/13/2011 10:14:18 AM
Israeli settlers in the West Bank say they are ready to stop the establishment of a Palestinian state even if the UN approved such step
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9/12/2011 6:54:54 PM
The Palestinian Authority says it is ready to declare a Palestinian homeland after cultivating the legal,local and public financial bases required for such a new state
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World
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International
9/12/2011 12:19:19 PM
A poll reports that a great majority in the UK, France and Germany favour recognising a Palestinian state ahead of the expected United Nations bid next week
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World
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9/12/2011 10:28:43 AM
Progress by the Palestinians in building institutions for statehood can be undermined by a fiscal crisis caused by a shortfall in foreign aid, the World Bank said on Monday
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World
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9/4/2011 11:42:44 AM
US officials are trying to avoid having to choose whether to veto Palestinian statehood, insinuating the US lacks support from the UN General Assembly
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Region
8/27/2011 5:27:01 PM
As Ahmadnejad calls on Palestinians to remember 1948 Palestine, Ramallah fires back, deeming the Iranian president's statements unhelpful
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