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2011-09-17 23:35:11
RAMALLAH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian request for membership of the United Nations would be based on the UN General Assembly's Resolution 181, an official of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) said Saturday. Resolution 181, passed by the UN General Assembly in 1947, stipulated to divide Palestine into two states and give Jews and Arabs almost equal spaces. The resolution was the first UN ruling that called for creating two states in Palestine, the official said, so it will be highlighted by the coming Palestinian bid in the United Nations for a recognition of the independent Palestinian state. However, the Palestinian officials said a Palestinian state on the lands allocated by the resolution would not work nowadays, as Israel had occupied and annexed more Arab lands since 1967. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas insists that the Palestinian state be based on the border lines before the 1967 war, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The Palestinians are scheduled to submit their request to the UN Security Council on Sept. 23, although the United States has threatened to block it because it wants Abbas to resume the peace talks with Israel first. The PLO official said the Palestinian request would not refer to the status of the peace talks, which have been stalled for a year over a dispute on the resumption of Jewish settlement activities in the West Bank. Abbas has repeatedly said that he is ready to restart the peace talks after he gets the UN recognition of the Palestinian state. Another PLO official, Hana Anmira, called on U.S. President Barack Obama to support the two-state solution, and slammed the U. S. Congress, where some members have reportedly called for cutting U.S. aid to the Palestinians and closing the PLO's office in Washington in response to the Palestinian approach to the United Nations. The United States "uses all means of threatening and terrifying to prevent us from going to the Security Council," said the official, "This will not stop us from going to the UN."
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RAMALLAH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian request for membership of the United Nations would be based on the UN General Assembly's Resolution 181, an official of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) said Saturday. Resolution 181, passed by the UN General Assembly in 1947, stipulated to divide Palestine into two states and give Jews and Arabs almost equal spaces. The resolution was the first UN ruling that called for creating two states in Palestine, the official said, so it will be highlighted by the coming Palestinian bid in the United Nations for a recognition of the independent Palestinian state. However, the Palestinian officials said a Palestinian state on the lands allocated by the resolution would not work nowadays, as Israel had occupied and annexed more Arab lands since 1967. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas insists that the Palestinian state be based on the border lines before the 1967 war, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The Palestinians are scheduled to submit their request to the UN Security Council on Sept. 23, although the United States has threatened to block it because it wants Abbas to resume the peace talks with Israel first. The PLO official said the Palestinian request would not refer to the status of the peace talks, which have been stalled for a year over a dispute on the resumption of Jewish settlement activities in the West Bank. Abbas has repeatedly said that he is ready to restart the peace talks after he gets the UN recognition of the Palestinian state. Another PLO official, Hana Anmira, called on U.S. President Barack Obama to support the two-state solution, and slammed the U. S. Congress, where some members have reportedly called for cutting U.S. aid to the Palestinians and closing the PLO's office in Washington in response to the Palestinian approach to the United Nations. The United States "uses all means of threatening and terrifying to prevent us from going to the Security Council," said the official, "This will not stop us from going to the UN."
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