Palestinian PM to Haaretz: We will have a state next year

[oberliner]

Next year, "the birth of a Palestinian state will be celebrated as a day of joy by the entire community of nations," says Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in a special interview to Haaretz.

Relaying Passover greetings to the Jewish community, Fayyad hopes Israelis will also participate in the celebrations for the birth of a new state.

"The time for this baby to be born will come," he says, "and we estimate it will come around 2011. That is our vision, and a reflection of our will to exercise our right to live in freedom and dignity in the country we are born, alongside the State of Israel in complete harmony," says Fayyad, 48.

He also welcomed the Quartet's announcement of two weeks ago in Moscow, which supports the PA's August 2009 plan to establish a state within 24 months.

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1160513.html

[bemildred]

1. I just love happy talk.

Especially from lame duck unelected prime ministers.

[Ken Burch]

2. There's no moral justification for denying them a state.

It's now been proven that the Occupation can never be just or humane.

And the state HAS to be Gaza, the whole West bank, and East Jerusalem. It's enough for Israel to have the majority of the lands of the Mandate.

[bemildred]

3. You are just trying to draw me into making cynical statements about morality and politics. nt

[Ken Burch]

7. There's no practical justification for it either, since keeping Palestnians stateless

Can ONLY boost the most violent and inflexible forces on the Palestinian side.

It's time to stop trying to crush the Palestinians. It can't be done and everyone in Israel knows it.

[shaayecanaan]

5. thinking positive, i guess. nt

[bemildred]

6. Can't really blame him, true.

It's not like saying "it's hopeless!" is going to get him anywhere either. I suppose I'm just in a grumpy mood today.

[Fozzledick]

4. I can haz unicorn pony?

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