‘All hands’ needed to repel Palestine bid, Oren tells Jewish Dems

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"Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, told Jewish Democrats that Israel needs “all hands on deck” ahead of a Palestinian push for statehood.

Oren in a conference call Monday with the National Jewish Democratic Council leadership also called for bipartisanship, saying it is in Israel's strategic interest.

U.N. recognition of “Palestine” next month during the General Assembly “will not bring peace, it will bring more instability,” the envoy said, according to a readout provided by the Israeli Embassy in Washington.

Such a resolution has no force without the backing of the U.N. Security Council, where the United States is certain to exercise its veto, but Israel fears that its introduction will nonetheless spur unrest in the West Bank.

The resolution likely has the support of a majority of nations, but Israel and pro-Israel groups hope to mitigate its effect by persuading the most influential nations -- especially in Europe -- not to vote for it."

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/08/11/3088946/oren-to-jewish-dems-all-hands-needed-in-september

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“Establishing an independent and viable state, whose capital will be east Jerusalem, is the basic condition to solve this problem,” Erdoğan said referring to the Middle East peace process with Israel.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-to-launch-international-mobilization-for-palestinian-state8217s-recognition-2011-06-24

Nabil el Araby, Arab League Secretary General, said, "Seeking the support of the United Nations is the only legislative way to address the issue of the Palestinian State."

http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20110804/110309.shtml