21.06.2011                      19.Siwan, 5771

Diplomatie:

Abbas says US has the power to stop UN statehood bid

Palestinian Authority president expresses desire to return to negotiations but remains firm on Jerusalem; calls United Nations move a final resort; says "armed struggle is destroying us."

In an interview with the Lebanese television station LBC Monday night, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that the United States had the power to stop the Palestinians from taking their bid for a state to the United nations in September.
"I don't know if the United States has other options," he said, "but if they put them in our hands, we will not go to the UN," he said….