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Monday, November 16, 2009

Hamas criticizes PA attempt to seek UN recognition of statehood

PNN
Hamas rejected Monday a Palestinian suggestion to seek UN Security Council support for unilaterally declaring a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

...A unilateral declaration of statehood had already been made by late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 1988, he pointed out. If it had to be done again, rather than declaring one in the West Bank and Gaza only, 'why not to declare a Palestinian state from the sea (Mediterranean) to the river (of Jordan)?' al-Bardaweel asked. Full story
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