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Gilad: Israel faces isolation ‘no less severe than war’

The chief of Israel\'s diplomatic-security bureau warned this week that Israel faced an isolation \"no less severe than war\" should the United Nations recognize Palestine as an independent state this September.
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April 4, 2011

The chief of Israel’s diplomatic-security bureau warned this week that Israel faced an isolation “no less severe than war” should the United Nations recognize Palestine as an independent state this September.

In remarks carried by Channel 10, General (res.) Amos Gilad said behind doors that the Palestinian Authority leadership was organizing an “international assault against Israel”.

The Palestinians have warned that if peace talks with Israel do not resume by the deadline set for December, they will ask the UN general assembly to recognize their sovereign state.

Read more at Haaretz.com.

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