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Uruguay says it will recognize an independent Palestinian state, following in the footsteps of Brazil and Argentina, which have officially recognized Palestine.
In a letter addressed to acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas, which was read out on Monday by Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner said her country recognizes Palestine as a "free and independent state" as defined by the 1967 borders.
On Friday, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry announced that Brasilia recognizes the Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.
In response, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said, "This regrettable decision will not help at all to change the situation between Israel and the Palestinians."
"It is a disappointing declaration which goes against the spirit of the agreements between Israel and the Palestinians and against negotiations for peace," he said.
Due to the renewed settlement building activities, the Palestinian Authority broke off the recently resumed direct talks. The PA said Tel Aviv had to freeze the construction and expansion of Jewish settler units or the talks could not continue.
But Israel refuses to cancel its recent decision to build 238 new Jewish settler units in East al-Quds and is also forging ahead with the construction of new units in settlements in other parts of the occupied territories.
The Palestinians say that the settlement activities are being carried out to prevent the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
“Recognition of a Palestinian state is a violation of the interim agreement signed by Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in 1995, which established that the status of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will be discussed and solved through negotiations,” the Jerusalem Post quoted Israel's foreign ministry as saying in a statement late Monday.
The statement, which said that recognition of a Palestinian state also contradicted the road map, called it a regrettable move that would not help change the situation between Israel and the Palestinians.
“All attempts to bypass negotiations and to unilaterally determine issues in dispute will only harm the trust of the sides and their commitment to agreed frameworks for negotiations,” the statement read.
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have all sent letters to acting PA Chief Mahmoud Abbas during the past week, declaring the recognition of a free and independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.
The letters come amid US efforts to devise an economic-military package to 'bribe' Israel to renew a partial settlement freeze, which expired on September 26.
Tel Aviv's refusal to extend the 10-month moratorium enraged the PA negotiators who walked out of the US-sponsored direct talks launched three weeks earlier in Washington.
Israel has called on the countries which have recognized a Palestinian State to instead force Ramallah into returning to the negotiating table, what Palestinians fear could cost them more concessions in favor of Israel given Washington's influence on the PA and the talks.
A United Nations resolution demands the return of Palestinian territories which were occupied by Tel Aviv during the Six-Day War in 1967.
Over 100 countries have endorsed the Palestinians' 1988 unilateral declaration of independent statehood.
Originally posted by Misoir
reply to post by oozyism
Another question for you is how exactly is the United States of America going to collapse at any time in the near future? You can wish for anything you so choose but when you reenter reality it is clearly recognizable that the USA is not going anywhere.
Originally posted by Misoir
reply to post by oozyism
I will not argue the United States is going to enter a very trying period in its history there is absolutely 0% chance that it will either collapse or enter the brink of near collapse.
As for Israel if they are to encounter such overwhelming support for a Palestinian state and it is finally recognized there will be no invasion or occupation. The elite in Israel would prefer to keep what they have instead of losing it all. Next time try and give them a little more credit.
Originally posted by oozyism
As for Israel if they are to encounter such overwhelming support for a Palestinian state and it is finally recognized there will be no invasion or occupation. The elite in Israel would prefer to keep what they have instead of losing it all. Next time try and give them a little more credit.
Israel won't collapse while US is still around, so it doesn't really matter even if Israel invades and occupies Lebanon then expand its settlements inside Lebanon. As long as US is around, Israel will continue its illegal and inhumane activities.
Originally posted by oozyism
reply to post by SpectreDC
The leeches need a new body to survive.
Who will the Zionist regime of the stolen land start sucking and control next?
Europe is also waking up against the Zionist regime.
Africa/SouthAmerica/Asia is already against Zionist illegal and inhuman activities.
Originally posted by gravitational
Originally posted by oozyism
reply to post by SpectreDC
The leeches need a new body to survive.
Who will the Zionist regime of the stolen land start sucking and control next?
Europe is also waking up against the Zionist regime.
Africa/SouthAmerica/Asia is already against Zionist illegal and inhuman activities.
Your last post sounds like pure anti Semitic propaganda of the worst kind. The only thing missing is a caricature of a Jew with big nose.
Are you sure you want to continue walking this path, or are you going to put one of your idiotic emoticons and blame me for pulling the AS card?
Despite the aura of omnipotence most empires project, a look at their history should remind us that they are fragile organisms. So delicate is their ecology of power that, when things start to go truly bad, empires regularly unravel with unholy speed: just a year for Portugal, two years for the Soviet Union, eight years for France, 11 years for the Ottomans, 17 years for Great Britain, and, in all likelihood, 22 years for the United States, counting from the crucial year 2003.
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