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Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat stated after the EU-Mideast dialogue that Palestine would soon ask the UN to endorse the establishment of a Palestinian state in the entire West Bank and Gaza Strip as the hope for national independence through negotiation with Israel was so vague.
Palestinian leaders say they want formal recognition of an independent state based on the pre-1967 borders with Israel, which would give them Gaza, the West Bank, and east Jerusalem as their capital.
But the move appears to be largely symbolic, as a similar declaration was made in 1988 and won the support of dozens of countries but was never implemented on the ground.
Israel had a quick response toward Palestines unilateral statement. Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Israel might take unilateral steps if the Palestinians did not return to the negotiation table.
Analysts think that Palestines seemingly brave movement would bring them nothing but more lose.
In principle, little would change. The Palestinian Authority would have real control over barely 40 percent of the land it hopes to gain in negotiations, representing major Palestinian population centers in the West Bank but little beyond that.
Meanwhile, nothing would be solved on the thorny issues that face negotiators, such as Jerusalem, refugees, Palestinian disarmament and borders. These would simply transform from the subject of internationally backed (though not yet started) negotiations between Israel and the PA to bilateral negotiations between Israel and the state of Palestine. The issues themselves would remain unchanged.
From Global Times Forum
Palestinian leaders say they want formal recognition of an independent state based on the pre-1967 borders with Israel, which would give them Gaza, the West Bank, and east Jerusalem as their capital.
But the move appears to be largely symbolic, as a similar declaration was made in 1988 and won the support of dozens of countries but was never implemented on the ground.
Israel had a quick response toward Palestines unilateral statement. Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Israel might take unilateral steps if the Palestinians did not return to the negotiation table.
Analysts think that Palestines seemingly brave movement would bring them nothing but more lose.
In principle, little would change. The Palestinian Authority would have real control over barely 40 percent of the land it hopes to gain in negotiations, representing major Palestinian population centers in the West Bank but little beyond that.
Meanwhile, nothing would be solved on the thorny issues that face negotiators, such as Jerusalem, refugees, Palestinian disarmament and borders. These would simply transform from the subject of internationally backed (though not yet started) negotiations between Israel and the PA to bilateral negotiations between Israel and the state of Palestine. The issues themselves would remain unchanged.
From Global Times Forum
