Saturday, May 21, 2011

Palestinians to proceed with UN recognition bid (AP)



Palestinian demonstrators hurl stones at Israeli troops, not pictured, during demonstration in the West Bank village of Al-khader near Bethlehem, Friday, May 20, 2011. President Barack Obama on Thursday finally uttered the words the Palestinians had been waiting to hear for two years: that the basis for border talks with Israel is the pre-1967 war line.(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)AP - The Palestinians will move ahead with their quest to win U.N. recognition of a state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said, rebuffing U.S. President Barack Obama's warning that such a move would be pointless.




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