French FM: Dubai killing proves need for Palestinian state
By News Agencies
Tags: Dubai Killing, Mossad
The Foreign Minister of France said in an interview Saturday that the January assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al Mabhouh in Dubai highlights the need for an immediate recognition of a Palestinian state.
"(The case) shows the need for peace and a Palestinian state, immediately," Bernard Kouchner told the French Journal du Dimanche.
Kouchner added that the assassination, which is believed by many to have been carried out by the Mossad, underscores the need for peace in the Middle East.
The French Foreign Minister also commented on Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's acceptance of a United States proposal that he hold indirect talks with Israel under Washington's mediation, and said that he could envision the recognition of a Palestinian state even before the borders were negotiated.
"France is training Palestinian police, businesses are being created in the West Bank... It follows that one can envision the proclamation soon of a Palestinian state, and its immediate recognition by the international community, even before negotiating its borders," Kouchner said.
Kouchner's comments came ahead of a visit to Paris by Abbas next week, and after Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said he could see an independent Palestinian state in 2011 regardless of whether peace talks have advanced with Israel.
"If by mid-2011, the political process has not ended the (Israeli) occupation, I would bet that the developed state of Palestinian infrastructure and institutions will be such that the pressure will force Israel to give up its occupation," Fayyad said in an interview published in French media on Friday.
Abbas is due to meet with Kouchner in Paris on February 21 and with French President Nicolas Sarkozy the following day, a senior Palestinian official said this week on condition of anonymity.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
French FM Wants the Immediate Creation of Pali State
The foreign minster of France said that the justifiable assassination of hamas terrorist mahmoud al mabhouh proves the need for a palestinian state. Of course what it really proves is that the "palestinians" in no way deserve or can be trusted with statehood since they continue to support terrorism and the obliteration of Israel. The French foreign minister should explain how creating another islamic terror state promotes peace.
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jerome Segal
Published: February 23, 2010
France’s foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, has alarmed the Israeli government with his recent statement that “one can envision the proclamation soon of a Palestinian state, and its immediate recognition by the international community, even before negotiating its borders.”
Israel fears that this will develop into a full blown European Union initiative and has warned that with this approach the Palestinians will have no motivation to resume negotiations. But this argument is not convincing. Were the international community to recognize the State of Palestine, it is likely that it would do so without specifically recognizing the claimed borders of that state, just as the international community does not recognize Israel’s claimed borders.
For instance, the United States has never accepted Israeli claims to sovereignty over any part of Jerusalem. Moreover, international recognition does not end the occupation, nor does it solve the refugee issue, nor the problem of Jerusalem. All of these issues will require negotiations, but early statehood, would put such negotiations on a state-to-state basis, and this would be valuable in a variety of ways.
Of most importance in future negotiations is the issue of security, whether Palestinian forces can prevent attacks on Israel, either suicide terrorists, or rockets fired from the West Bank. If they cannot, then Israel will not withdraw from the West Bank, regardless of what the international community says.
Over the last year, praise has been heaped on the performance of Palestinian security forces, trained under U.S. auspices, and operating under the authority of President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. However, without progress toward genuine statehood, what is today viewed as “successful security cooperation,” will in time dissolve as it comes to be viewed as Palestinian collaboration, with its security forces having become “the police of the occupation.”
nice post. thanks.
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