15.07.2011                      13.Tammus, 5771

Politik:

US rejects Arab League support for PA statehood bid

State department says group's "diplomatic offensive" on plans to ask UN to recognize Palestinian state along '67 lines won't lead to agreement.

An Arab League decision to ask the UN to recognize a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 lines would not serve the peace process, the US said on Thursday.
“We’ve been clear in our conviction that unilateral approaches to try to seek statehood via the United Nations will not lead to a comprehensive settlement,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner told The Jerusalem Post in a statement. “That will only come via the hard give and take of negotiations and mutual agreement, and we are committed to working with the parties to pursue it that way.”…