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Palestinians in statehood warning
Palestinians in statehood warning
Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Saeb Erekat (L) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 31 October (Handout: WAM)
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The WonkLine: November 4, 2009
Wonk Room — ... BBC reports that “US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a visit to Cairo, has reiterated Washington’s call for an end to Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank.” ...

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Weekly Standard Blog — ... control squish Jeffrey G. Lewis? Iranian protesters to Obama: "Are you with us or with them?" (Answer: He's with "them.") If Bush had done it: Obama admin buys favorable coverage of Iraq's Anbar province from the Financial Times -- "a hot place to invest in," says FDI magazine, which is owned by the FT. How Israel destroyed Syria's Al Kibar nuclear reactor. Obama peace process: Palestinians threaten to unilaterally abandon pursuit of statehood. Republicans get their 2010 map in ...

Erekat Sees One-State Solution if Settlements are not Halted
Informed Comment — ... Saeb Erekat, chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization Steering Committee, said Wednesday that Palestine Authority president Mahmoud Abbas should be frank with the Palestinian people and admit to them that there is no possibility of a two-state solution given continued Israeli colonization of the West Bank. ...

Israeli Settlements Could Cause One-State Solution
Commondreams.org ViewsSaeb Erekat, chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization Steering Committee , said Wednesday that Palestine Authority president Mahmoud Abbas should be frank with the Palestinian people and admit to them that there is no possibility of a two-state solution given continued Israeli colonization of the West Bank. It is morally and ethically unconscionable to leave millions of Palestinians in a condition of statelessness, in which they have no rights. (Warren Burger defined citizenship as the "right to have rights" as my colleague Margaret "Peggy" Sommers pointed out in her new ...

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