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Donor countries meeting in Brussels recognized on Wednesday that the "Palestinian Authority (PA) is above the threshold of a functioning state" - an assessment immediately hailed as a "birth certificate" for a Palestinian state by PA premier Salam Fayyad.

In recent months, the World Bank, the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have certified that Fayyad's state-building plans are on track for completion in mid-2011.

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"We can today conclude that the Palestinian Authority is above the threshold of a functioning state," Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said after chairing a meeting of the Ad Hoc Liason Committee, a panel of donor countries to the Palestinians.

"It amounts to a birth certificate for the reality of Palestinian statehood," Fayyad told reporters after the talks in Brussels.

The development took place against the backdrop of deadlocked peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis and running tensions in North Africa and the Middle East which have heightened Israeli security concerns.

A meeting of the Quartet - the panel of international mediators comprising the European Union, the United States, the United Nations and Russia - scheduled for Thursday in Berlin on the margins of NATO talks was called off, diplomats said.

Speculation has been mounting that the Palestinians would ask the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to recognize their statehood in September, if no progress in peace talks had been achieved by then.

But when asked, Fayyad refused to confirm that intention.

"We are not looking for another declaration of statehood, nor are we looking for a virtual state, what we are looking for, again, is a genuine, fully sovereign State of Palestine," including East Jerusalem which Israel captured in 1967, Fayyad said.

The Quartet's envoy, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, reiterated the need for a "negotiated solution," warning that a unilateral Palestinian move for recognition at the UNGA would split the international community.

"Probably if we are hoping for complete unity in the international community on anything to do with this issue, it would be a rather misplaced hope," he quipped.

On the sidelines of the meeting, the EU signed an agreement granting duty-free access to Palestinian agricultural produce - provided that fruit and vegetables are sold above a set price.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton also said the bloc had earmarked 300 million euros ($433 million) in 2011 to further support Palestinian state-building.

The trade deal is expected to give a much-needed boost to the Palestinian economy and to its trade ties with the EU, which amounted only to 57 million euros in 2009, to which exports from Palestine contributed only 6 million euros.

Fayyad called it "a very important agreement," but stressed its application depended on Israel allowing goods out of the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip over which it maintains a tight grip because it is ruled by the Islamist Hamas group.

But Irit Ben-Abba, an Israeli foreign ministry official who also was in Brussels, said "there are no restrictions ... for exports from Gaza to the international markets" since the Israeli government relaxed its embargo on the enclave in December.
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Reply again LatestMost ViewedMost RatedOpen all 29.5717View >Tony Blair Stance Toward The Peace Process Is the Same as the US John Venes 14.04.11 01:21

that is a negotiated solution. But Blair should be reminded that Israelis doing all it can to stop the negotiation. It always find reason notto negotiate and continue the settlement because it will make the Palsstop negotiating. Blair should have a better idea to stop injusticecommitted against the Palestinians and not insist on negotiation. If hedo so, then he just underscores his irrelevance to the ME problem.

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28.3167View >Judgement by the G-D of the universe Bill / NZ 14.04.11 00:25

On these islamic usurpers and all nations who assist in mocking G-D andHis WORD .. All the land of canaan is an unconditional , everlasting ,covenantal land Heritage and inheritance exclusively for the Jewishpeople of the earth .

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27.2865View >Looks grim. 70% of population under 20 and completely ignorant ofhistory, geography, or social norms Jasper - Milwaukee 14.04.11 00:24

Only Israel-less maps in their schools, fatal doses of hate instilledfrom birth. And this doesn't even cover Gaza. Abbas shaking the tincup. Are you ready? The big question is can you control your wackos?The first missile into Israel from a sovereign state means total war.

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26.3717View >And the UN said 'let there be light' and there was light (cue fireworks,celebration etc). Hungrydave 14.04.11 00:15

Good luck pals

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25.6114View >A Palestinian State Misarah- Jordan 14.04.11 00:01

is the only viable solution simply because it's the only right thing todo. Otherwise, we're delaying and postponing the problem while at thesame time complicating it. Complications will later lead to creating somany problem that would affect the whole region and the world. The worldneeds to understand that solving the Israeli-Palestinian issue is in thebest interests of all of us.

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24.5027View >Woo hoo! MK Ultra 13.04.11 23:50

Long overdue! Viva Palestina!

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23.1423View >Which part of this state do Palestinians control? Fayyad says he doesn'twant a fantasy state but that's exactly what he has. Sam 13.04.11 23:48

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22.529View >Soverign Palestine inevitable Gotham 13.04.11 23:37

Some times, wise crow plays over smart and ends up sitting on a drybark. Thats what happened with Bibi. Obama, Biden and Hillary literallybegged him not to start settlemnt activity again but he was in his ownthinking, playing smart with every one. Now, he is isolated and no onein the world except US is ready to believe in him. The soverignPalestine is inevitable and I would like to name Bibi as its founder.

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21.729View >The cart before the horse ! Akram Zekaria. 13.04.11 23:34

If the Palestinians wants to run their own affairs as far as theireconomy& social lives independent of Israel I can't see why thegovernment of israel should objected to that. In fact it was Netanyahuthe one who suggested that ,when the present Israeli government ofIsrael came to power. As I remember it was Natenyahu who suggested tobuild the Palestinian economy first before talking about a PalestinianState. Economy first Politics second. This might also solve the problemof Gazza/Hamas which is the most serious problem for any palestinianstatehood ! What ever Fatah will do, there can't be a Palestinian Statewithout Hamas dissolve & disband itself. Specially now when theArab Countries are without a clear identity !

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20.228View >When did the "no restirictions" on exports from the Gaza Stripbecome effective? This the first that I have heard of it. Observer 13.04.11 23:21

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19.549View >Soon, a new star will be born Rammer 13.04.11 23:15

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18.553View >The Unilateral declaration and Blair Rammer 13.04.11 23:12

When Blair says a unilateral declaration will split the internationalcommunity, whom is he speaking for? Himself, The Quartet (unlikely),Briatain (unlikely), or the US?

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432View >It will be Tony Blair that will side with the US against the rest of the world. Warmonger 14.04.11 02:01

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17.1131View >No foreign organization or grouping will be permitted to establishunilaterally borders of sovereign state. Exchange of birth certificates,of course, encouraged.s 17 13.04.11 22:53

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16.3467View >Poor Eurabia. Jeha of London 13.04.11 22:44

The Europeans have left a mess everywhere in their old colonies,countries where they really really had no business to be and to conquer:pure greed and imperialism. Now they want to redeem themselves by makingthe Jews who do have a business , historical and so on , in these lands, to give them up and leave them in a similar chaos they left theircolonies. Surely they dont' expect the Jews to give up Jerusalem ; Gazamaybe, Jenin maybe, Ramallah maybe and so on. And what about thepolitical scene ? Does Eurabia think a country is born simply bydeclaring it ? What about agreeing the borders with its neighbours ? Ifthe neighbours dont agree, isn't that going to cause more conflict, evenwar(s) ? Is Eurabia so innocent ? And all this for Arab oil ? Suchprostitution ! Poor Eurabia morality, gone out the window.

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15.439View >A diplomat: one who is sent abroad to lie for the good of her country Nonconformist 13.04.11 22:43

And Irit Ben Abba must be a consummate diplomat. "There are norestrictions for exports from Gaza to the international markets,"she says. Probably a decent woman. But sent to Brussels to spout suchself-evident untruths on behalf of a morally bankrupt diplomacy, thatsurely she must wonder whether it really is for the good of her country.Irit, go to the border, and count the goods coming out.

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14.185View >A diplomat: on ewho is sent abroad to lie for the good of her country Nonconformist 13.04.11 22:37

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13.8538View >hahahahahahahahahahah oh yeah USA 13.04.11 22:17

hahahahahahahahahahahah

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12.11780View >History is what happens while we're busy with other things Colin Wright 13.04.11 22:10

The world is responding to a decade of Israeli intransigence by omittingher from the conversation. Notice that Israel no longer has any realsay in when a Palestinian state is formed, what borders it will beassigned, and what restrictions it will operate under. It will simplyhave these terms imposed upon it.

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2539View >Funny...... JJ 13.04.11 23:01

What school did you learn that from? And by going behind the backs ofIsrael and the West to get statehood, things what end up well foranyone. If war is what you like then fine.....but thats what theoutcome is going to be.

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55107View >Tea Party will force our government to stop sending $6bln a year and wewill see how Israel fares. Tony Silver - Kopenhagen. 13.04.11 23:16

Palestinians have nothing to lose anymore!The reason behind the GDPdiscrepancy between Israelis and Palestinians is due to Americanfinancial support to the 6 million israelis over 60 years and nothingelse. The Palestinians have no natural resources and were forced to liveoff the land. Israel burned their olive trees and destroyed theirtourism industry during their occupation. I am hoping that the Tea Partywill force our government to stop sending $6bln a year and we will seehow Israel fares. Taxpayer in America are revolting, enough is enough!.

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40View >happy now, Colin? citizen 13.04.11 23:28

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364View >"Going behind the backs of Israel and the West"? That's funny? Giggles 14.04.11 00:32

I don't see them taking behind anyone's back...and in case you missedit, they are taking it TOO the west...LMAO! The US is the only realholdout...and that probasbly won't be for long. It held out for S.Africa, too...for a little while

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828View >Tony they have the obvious 5 billion to lose... BUILDING ALL OF ISRAEL BABY !! 14.04.11 01:39

and no pal state in sight.

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11.1492View >The donor countries are self-delusional Charles, Parfis, FRANCE 13.04.11 22:10

They believe only what they want to believe, and simply will be throwinggood money after bad.

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7045View >Throwing Good Money After Bad? Like the US Does Every Year with Israel? Doug 13.04.11 23:01

The U.S. has throw away well over $100 Billion to Israel. What has itbought? 44 years of occupation for 3.5 million people, tens of thousandof dead Palestinians and ten thousand Pals illegally imprisoned. Andthat in turn has bought the U.S. the well deserved hatred of one billionMoslems which has cost us Trillions more..

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5321View >Only jews are allowed to go before the UN and get a state? Tony Silver - Kopenhagen. 13.04.11 23:17

Palestinians have the same right to have their own State too. Enoughis enough!.

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2139View >To refresh your memory, Ben Gurion declared the state of Israel and theUN followed AFTER Israel won the war. BUILDING ALL OF ISRAEL BABY !! 14.04.11 01:42

The pals wont have a victory either at the UN or, with Israel. There isno army on earth that can fight and win against Israel, especially, theUN or any arab weenies. No pal state soon, no money, no pals.

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10.786View >"A unilateral Palestinian move for recognition at the UNGA wouldsplit the international community"? Yup...lol UnsavoryEcho 13.04.11 22:08

Between the international community and the US...who will of coursepressure its allies and recipients of its economic aid to go along with it!

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2416View >Tony, your lies are a joke: "israel refuse to have peacetalks"? Abbas refuses to come to them Rob 14.04.11 01:17

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9.11115View >Tony Blair, reiterated the need for a "negotiated solution," Natallie Durson 13.04.11 22:02

Here's the deal Tony. There ain't gonna be no negotiated solution.That means that we need a different solution. Is that OK with you?

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8.6811View >the Pals are extra nice not to demand all of jerusalem. Hebrew, the most moral beer on earth. 13.04.11 21:55

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5113View >Agreed. They should be asking for the 1948 UN mandated borders. Neil 13.04.11 23:13

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2125View >Which they rejected in 1948, choosing war, refugees and occupation,first by Jordan, then by Israel Rob to Neil 14.04.11 01:21

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7.9713View >Birth Certificate of a Statehood Harold 13.04.11 21:54

This shows that a Palestinian State will be created in September 2011and be a new member of the United Nations as promised by President Obama.

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2711View >Only jews are allowed to go before the UN and get a state? Palestinianshave the same right to have their own State too. Enough is enough!. Tony Silver - Kopenhagen. 13.04.11 23:23

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6.36101View >Palestinian Statehood, WOW ! Ron 13.04.11 21:49

Just wondering how one begins operating the Wonder-State-to-be when theWonder State has no infrastructure. No port, no airport, no railsystem, no currency, not much in the way of natural resources, underachieving agricultural production and a bitter rival - enemy namedHamas. Oh right...the Israelis will bend over backwards to help out.NO WAY. You like Unilaterial...now deal with it.

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3215View >Ron, you forgot to mention a GDP equal to that of Zimbabwe Rwanda... AdamTheZionist 13.04.11 23:18

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3912View >No port, no airport, no rail system, no currency, not much in the way ofnatural resources,? Tony Silver - Kopenhagen. 13.04.11 23:24

israel faced the same in 1947!

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353View >Lots of shortcomings jake 13.04.11 23:34

but oh heck you have to start somewhere. September sounds about rightand the Palestinian people will take it from there.

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5.708View >a genuine, fully sovereign State of Palestine birth certificate 13.04.11 21:45

mazal tov

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4.6835View >ha ha ha haha ha ha Dan 13.04.11 21:44

shall I say more? ha ha ha ha ha

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3.2591View >Arafat already declared the pal state back in the '80s, and more thanhalf of the worlds countries recognised it. Until the arabs sit down andnegotiate a peace deal, and borders with Israel, nothing will change.September's circus will be a repeat of 1988, with no change in the legalstatus quo. AdamTheZionist 13.04.11 21:39

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4211View >Adam. This time, if Palestine is not created, the BDS movement will makeIsrael bankrupt. Mark my words. . . Neil 13.04.11 23:21

This is not what I want as it will affect the many decent Israelis whodo not want to suppress the Palestinians any longer. It will be the onlyway to force the creation of the state.

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256View >Repeat of 1988? jake 13.04.11 23:47

You must be stuck in some sort of time warp. Stay there as your postsconsistently amuse.

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394View >No Misarah- Jordan 14.04.11 00:07

not this time dude, it's 2011 where the whole world is watching, peoplesand governments alike. Big difference between 1988 and 2011, thereweren't even cell phones back then.

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2.6511View >How to handle the Hamas/Gaza problem Logios 13.04.11 21:35

"Hamas would respect any peace deal reached between Israel andWestern-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, provided it isapproved in a global Palestinian referendum, the top Hamas official inGaza said Wednesday. In a rare news conference for foreign media, IsmailHaniyeh, the prime minister of Gaza's Hamas government, staked outseemingly pragmatic positions. He said Hamas seeks dialogue with theWest and wants to be "part of the solution, not the problem."(2 Dec. 2010)// Hamas had these positions for some years now. Hamas willeven agree to peace, if the Palestinians vote for it. This change inHamas' implacable initial position resulted from world pressure whichcaused an evolutionary change so as to make Hamas survivable (seeDarwin). It can be assumed however that as long as Hamas is shunned bythe world, they will remain rejectionists; after all, what else would beleft for them? The key is within the Palestinian nation itself. Abbasand Hamas must resolve their differences first and present a unifiedfront to the world. They will be wise to agree to this, even thoughIsrael is trying to prevent it. Unity will strengthen the Palestinianposition, and Israel will gain a more reliable peace partner. As long asIsrael rejects Hamas, there will be projectiles coming over as areminder.

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1232View >solutions aplenty duncan 13.04.11 23:17

as if the palestinian diaspora are going to give up on the right ofreturn, which would make israel an arab state. amusing watching thepalestinians deluding themselves, that they can wipe out a zioniststate. israel has 150-200 answers to that

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924View >It will happen when... Jordan 13.04.11 23:43

Long live Israel! When Gazans fight to throw off Hamas , either byforcing Hamas out by fair elections or revolt( well , I guess one canhope), then and only then might the West Bank and Gaza be on the samepage. Only then will there be a partner for Israel to discuss a Peacewith. Meanwhile Israel must stay strong and survive and continue tostrive for a peaceful resolution.

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1.1368View >Tony Blair says it will spit the international community - On one sideyou'll have Israel and Micronesia, and on the other side, the remaining198 nations of the world Satrap 13.04.11 21:27

(On another point, is Blair still in Israel? If he is would you mindarresting him for war-crimes? It seems only fair, as Lipi and otherIsraelis dare not go to London least they be arrested for Cast Lead, andBlair has some responsibility for 100,000 dead Iraqis)

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576View >Blair Is A Puppet Of The US John Venes 14.04.11 01:08

and, hence, is irrelevant in the peace process. The EU must bepersistent in its efforts to restart peace in the ME. If Israel won'trespect the EU and continue its hard stance against peace, the EU muststop its economic ties with Israel.

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