2011-09-19 11:31:46

Push underway to re-start Israeli/Palestinian peace talks


A last-ditch international push is underway in New York to try to re-launch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and avert a crisis over Palestinian statehood at the United Nations. Discussions are continuing after President Mahmoud Abbas said he would demand full membership of the world body for a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly this week.

The move is opposed Israel and the United States.

“The United States has taken a very strong position”, says Gershon Baskin from the Isreal/Palestine Center for Research and Information.

Speaking to Lydia O’Kane about the current situation, he adds that “the European Union, the other main player of the Quartet is deeply divided within itself”.

Even with a loss in the Security Council, the Palestinians are expected to take their case for recognition to the General Assembly. Listen RealAudioMP3








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