Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Israel threatens to take action if UN recognizes Palestinian statehood : Barak Ravid

Foreign Ministry instructs envoys in 30 countries to send 'diplomatic protest' to host nations over plan for September vote in General Assembly.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-threatens-to-take-action-if-un-recognizes-palestinian-statehood-1.352423
Israel informed the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council last week, as well as several other prominent European Union countries, that if the Palestinian Authority persists in its efforts to gain recognition in September as a state within the 1967 borders, Israel would respond with a series of unilateral steps of its own.