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US Ambassador to the UN Sudan Rice said Thursday after the General Assembly vote that recognized Palestine as an observer state that the resolution "does not establish that Palestine is a state."
"Todays grand pronouncements will soon fade. And the Palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed, save that the prospects of a durable peace have only receded," she remarked.
Rice stressed that the only way to achieve a two-state solution is through direct negotiations. "There simply are no short cuts. Long after the votes have been cast, it is the Palestinians and the Israelis who must still talk to each otherand listen to each otherand find a way to live side by side in the land they share."
"Progress toward a just and lasting two-state solution cannot be made by pressing a green voting button here in this hall. Nor does passing any resolution create a state where none indeed exists or change the reality on the ground. "
US: Resolution did not create Palestinian state - Israel News, Ynetnews
The US position continues to be that there is no Palestinian state.