US officially asks PA to abandon UN recognition plan

Jerusalem Post ^ | 9/7/2011 | Khaled Abu Toameh

[mojito]

The US on Wednesday officially asked the Palestinian Authority to abandon its plan to ask the UN later this month to recognize a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 lines.

The request was relayed to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas by US envoy David Hale during a meeting in Ramallah, Palestinian officials said.

The meeting was attended by US envoy Dennis Ross and US Consul-General in Jerusalem, Daniel Rubenstien.

The officials said that the US envoys did not carry any new proposals for reviving the peace process.

One official told The Jerusalem Post that he did not rule out the possibility that the Palestinians would go only to the UN General Assembly, and not to the Security Council, where the US has threatened to use the veto to foil the statehood initiative.

"We have been advised by some or our European and Arab friends not to go to the Security Council because we don't have a majority in favor of the plan and because of the US threat to use the veto," the official said. "We are now studying submitting a request to the General Assembly to accept the state of Palestine as a full member. This is also an important step because it would give us access to numerous international bodies."

Hale told Abbas that Washington wants to see the Palestinians return to the negotiating table with Israel, Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said.

[mojito]

Another Prince Barry foreign policy failure. The PA will, of course, snub Prince Barry.

And while Prince Barry has "threatened" to veto a Security Council bid, he has not come out and stated unequivocally that there will be a veto.

[hflynn]

Hey PA, how is that HOPE and CHANGE working out for you guys?

[Lazlo in PA]

The US on Wednesday officially asked the Palestinian Authority to abandon its plan to ask the UN later this month to recognize a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 lines.

In other words, Obummer is hemorrhaging Jewish voters. Time for the Regime to stop the bleeding, if it even possible anymore.

[libertarian neocon]

Obama has been such a disaster for the peace process. At least under W the two sides were talking to each other. Now we are on the brink of another intifada.