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Palestine announces UN bid for statehood - ABC Online Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:10:44 GMT+00:00

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Palestine announces UN bid for statehood
ABC Online
If there were recognition of the state of Palestine that would lead potentially to Palestine becoming an observer state of the United Nations; at the moment it is an observer mission but at the moment it is not an observer state. ...
The Palestine UN Vote: Is There a Duty to Admit?Huffington Post (blog)
Abbas lays out Palestine UN bidAljazeera.net
Palestine at the United Nations: sidestepped by both friends and the world's ...Al-Arabiya
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Albright: Don't recognize Palestine - Politico Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:37:31 GMT+00:00

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Albright: Don't recognize Palestine
Politico
President Barack Obama has the full support of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in opposing the Palestinians' plan to make a bid for statehood at the United Nations next week. “A UN resolution wouldn't lead to progress,” Albright told ...
Hillary Clinton: New York not road to PalestineThe Australian

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Palestine at the UN - CounterPunch Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:35:31 GMT+00:00

Palestine at the UN
CounterPunch
a local interviewer asked me, referring to the approaching recognition of the State of Palestine by the UN. I was taken by surprise. “Why would that be?” I asked. “Well, for 62 years you have advocated the establishment of a Palestinian state next to ...

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No bipartisan letter on Palestine - Politico (blog) Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:45:49 GMT+00:00

No bipartisan letter on Palestine
Politico (blog)
Rep. Eric Cantor declined to back or sign on to Rep. Steny Hoyer's letter to European heads of state opposing the United Nations declaration of a Palestinian state, producing an all-Democratic letter released yesterday and another hint of the ...

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Palestine's UN Bid "Won't Come" To Security Council, France Predicts - Inner City Press Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:08:08 GMT+00:00

Inner City Press
Palestine's UN Bid "Won't Come" To Security Council, France Predicts
Inner City Press
But their recommendation must go to a regular Council meeting, at which any of the Permanent Five member can veto Palestine's application. US Ambassador Susan Rice told the press that there's "more than one," even "several" Council members "skeptical" ...

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On Palestine, UN Practice Shows Ban Would Have to Decide on ICC, Official ... - Inner City Press Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:42:29 GMT+00:00

Inner City Press
On Palestine, UN Practice Shows Ban Would Have to Decide on ICC, Official ...
Inner City Press
UNITED NATIONS, September 16 -- The question of whether a move by Palestine, as an Observer State, to join the International Criminal Court could be acted on or stymied by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was Friday asked by Inner ...

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Would There Be Jews in Palestine? - Tablet Magazine Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:48:55 GMT+00:00

USA Today
Would There Be Jews in Palestine?
Tablet Magazine
Statements this week by the Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to the United States, Maen Rashid Areikat, have implied that maybe there would be Jews in a Palestinian state, maybe not. ...
Lieberman takes on PLO's 'Judenrein Palestine' remarksYnetnews
The Cable: PLO official: I never called for a Jew-free PalestineForeign Policy (blog)
PLO ambassador says no Jews in future PalestineTucson Citizen
Yeshiva World News -Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (blog) -Huffington Post
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Petition backs Palestine for UN seat - Bangkok Post Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:26:20 GMT+00:00

Bangkok Post
Petition backs Palestine for UN seat
Bangkok Post
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) Thailand presented the petition to the Foreign Ministry on Friday, asking that it be presented to the general assembly session beginning next week. The petition, accompanied by a letter asking the Foreign ...

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Church gathering bears, stuffed animals for wildfire victims - Palestine Herald Press Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:35:32 GMT+00:00

Church gathering bears, stuffed animals for wildfire victims
Palestine Herald Press
By CHERIL VERNON Palestine Herald-Press PALESTINE — Court Drive Church of Christ is collecting new, unused teddy bears for a Bears for Bastrop drive. Wildfires have destroyed nearly 1600 homes in Bastrop County since Sept. 3, leaving many Central ...

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The causes and effects of news poisoning - Foreign Policy (blog) Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:16:16 GMT+00:00

Foreign Policy (blog)
The causes and effects of news poisoning
Foreign Policy (blog)
In it, the author, one of Saudi Arabia's most influential foreign-policy voices, demanded that the United States support Palestine's bid for statehood or else. Or else what? "If it does not," he wrote, "American influence will decline further, ...

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