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Majority of Israelis support Palestinian state
A slender majority of Israelis support the creation of a separate Palestinian state, but do not have high hopes for a peace deal, a survey said on Friday. The survey by daily Israel Hayom asked more than 800 Israelis “do you support or oppose the idea of two states for…
Israel PM heads to Berlin as settlement dispute grows
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due in Berlin on Wednesday for talks likely to focus on the growing crisis over settlement plans that could torpedo the viability of a Palestinian state. Ahead of his departure on a trip that will take him briefly to Prague and then on to…
UN leader warns Middle East peace is on ‘life support’
UN leader Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday ahead of key vote on UN recognition of a Palestinian state that the Middle East peace process is on “life support”. But he told a UN meeting that only “direct negotiations” between the Palestinians and Israelis can lead to a permanent settlement. Ban called…
Only path to Palestinian state is direct talks: Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the only path towards a Palestinian state was through direct negotiations, on the eve of a contentious United Nations vote. “I have said many times that the path to a two-state solution that fulfills the aspirations of the Palestinian people is…
Minister: Palestinian state efforts at risk in cash crisis
Efforts to create a Palestinian state could collapse unless emergency funds are found to bail out its nascent government, the Palestinian finance minister said. The Palestinian Authority faces a $400 million shortfall this year and has already been hit by protests over the spiralling cost of living and spending cuts…
Pope urged to recognise Palestinian state
ROME — The Melkite Greek Catholic Church leader will ask the pope to recognise the Palestinian state when he arrives next week for his first visit to Lebanon, a country riven by religious rivalries, a Catholic website said Thursday. Patriarch Gregory III Laham, the spiritual head of Lebanon’s second largest…
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