Reuter's News Service is reporting on Palestinian leaders' reaction to Netanyahu's sharp tilt to the right to win his election, especially his vow to expand settlements and to block a two-state solution.
"It is clear Israel has voted for burying the peace process, against
the two-state choice and for the continuation of occupation and
settlement," said Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator in the talks with Israel that failed last spring.
A PLO leader Wasel Abu Youssef said, "This makes it more necessary than
ever to go to the international community, and to go to the ICC [International Criminal Court] and
escalate peaceful resistance and boycott against the occupation."
Parliaments in Britain and France and several other European countries have called for recognition of an independent state of Palestine, while Sweden has already officially recognized them. Obama administrative sources have said Netanyahu's reversal on the idea of an independent Palestinian state has "policy ramifications," hinting that it might reconsider U. S. opposition to the U. N. creating such a state.
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