Top Palestinian Authority official Husam Zomlot told Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz that his government remains open to “serious” negotiations with the Netanyahu government, but that the last minute efforts at “photo-op” talks would not halt Friday’s vote on statehood at the UN.
Netanyahu began offering “compromise” deals over the weekend, if the Palestinians would agree to abandon the statehood bid. He insisted that with US help, the Palestinian state was “doomed.”
Zomlot said the talks would be “complimentary” to the statehood campaign, and not a replacement for it. The US has vowed to veto the state, and officials have threatened sanctions against the Palestinian Authority for even suggesting it.
It is believed that the bid has a majority of support in the UN Security Council as well as a major majority in the General Assembly. It remains to be seen if it is possible to circumvent the US veto.
Why bother? There is no partner for peace on the israeli side at least as long as netenyahoo and the fat bouncer are running the show. Just isolate israel and its servant the US in front of the entire world, and unmask their hypocrisy of standing for freedom, democracy, and the self-determination of peoples.
The upcoming vote on PA statehood is a lot more than the old Palestine versus Israel charade that we have all know and loved for so many years now.The U.S.has been vetoing pro Palestinian resolutions for a long time and there has been support for PA statehood in the UN for a while now.This vote is about China and it's new position in the world balance of power.China supports PA statehood and it has enough economic clout to punish America for it's veto.China has implied as much.Angry about Taiwan and Tibet,it is ready to make it's move.The rest of the world is watching, Islam in particular.Turkey,Saudi,Egypt,they could end up in different orbits,revolving around a different star.China,with the economic clout to welcome them.This is why "all hell is breaking loose".
It's not as easy for them to control the message and contain the situation anymore. The Palestinians have become far more sophisticated in their resistance to Israeli conquest, it's not as easy as running over American youths and spinning the message, or jamming all communications while goon squads attempt to eliminate the inconvenient people. When China's big money and business interests begin heavily investing in Palestine more overtly, it will escalate a war of words between the US and China. It will provide the two yet another field upon which they can disagree and clash.
Yea right, talk all you want with the Israelis, but remember that they will continue to rob your land during all the talking.
Israel and America never intended to have a 2 state solution.They are liers and finnialy the world is seeing through there lies.They are the real terrorists.