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April 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Mr Netanyahu has persistently refused Palestinian and international calls to
halt settlement construction, prompting accusations that it has broken
pledges made during earlier peace talks.
Israel says it is willing to resume peace talks only if the Palestinians drop
what it characterises as “preconditions”.
Under intense US pressure, Mr Abbas withdrew a threat in his letter to
dismantle the Palestinian Authority, a step that would force Israel to
resume direct control of all the West Bank, heightening the risk of
confrontation between Israeli troops and the Palestinian population.
But he told a delegation of Israeli politicians sympathetic position that he
was unwilling to yield to a what he said was a request from President Barack
Obama to postpone a return to the UN until after November’s elections in the
United States.
Mr Obama has already threatened to veto the Palestinian application, filed
last September, for full membership of the UN if the matter is brought to a
vote.
With that avenue blocked, Mr Abbas said he would instead turn to the UN’s
General Assembly, which has the power to recognise Palestine as a non-member
state.
Although such a step would be largely symbolic, Israel bitterly opposes it as
a unilateral step that would undermine the internationally accepted basis
for a peace deal.
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