Israel has presented Palestinians with its ideas for the borders and security arrangements of a future Palestinian state, in a bid to keep exploratory talks alive, Palestinian and Israeli sources said on Friday.
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators made no breakthrough during their first high-level discussions in more than a year on Tuesday, but agreed to hold further talks in Amman on a confidential basis, Jordan\’s foreign minister said.
The United Nations Security Council could not arrive at a consensus on the Palestinians\’ statehood bid, a draft report from the panel reportedly says.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \”a liar\” in a private conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama that was accidentally broadcast to journalists during last week\’s G20 summit in Cannes.
They may have scored a victory at UNESCO, but the Palestinians are running into new obstacles on their push for statehood recognition at the United Nations.
France will abstain from voting on whether to admit Palestine as a full member of the United Nations.
The Palestinian Authority foreign minister denied plans to seek statehood status in 16 United Nations-affiliated groups.
Canada\’s foreign affairs minister said his country would continue paying dues to UNESCO but would not offer the agency any additional money.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that he will never recognize a Jewish state during an interview on an Egyptian television channel.
It was bound to happen sooner or later. At some point, both the president and Congress would be faced with a clear choice between U.S. national interests and the demands made by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his powerful Washington lobby.
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