UK, France may back PA's bid for state

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British PM David Cameron tells PM Netanyahu UK may endorse PA's unilateral declaration if peace process continues stalling. French President Sarkozy expected to echo sentiment

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4064784,00.html

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"In a sign of Britain's impatience with Israel British Premier David Cameron told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday that Britain may endorse a unilateral declaration of state by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if Israel declines to take part in substantive peace negotiations with the Palestinians to create a two state solution.

"Britain's clear and absolute preference is for a negotiation to take place between Israel and the Palestinians which leads to a two state solution which everyone endorses," a senior diplomatic source was quoted by the Guardian as saying."

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"Thursday will see Netanyahu meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who will reportedly echo Cameron's sentiment as to Paris' stance.

"Our idea would be to use the donors' conference meeting at the end of June to hold a real political conference and restart the dialogue,"

Minister of Foreign Affairs Alain Juppé said Wednesday.

"Our idea is to try a last resort initiative, so that, in the month of September, when the question of recognizing (a Palestinian state) is raised, we can say we tried everything," he added.

Sarkozy himself implied in an interview with L'Express that France may choose to recognize a Palestinian state later this year, if the peace process cannot be reignited."