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April 14, 2011

U.N.: Palestinian Authority Ready for Palestinian State 
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The Palestinian Authority is claiming momentum toward its effort to
declare an independent Palestinian state following a number of
international endorsements. In recent reports, the United Nations and
International Monetary Fund say the Palestinian Authority is ready to
run an independent state. The U.N. report concludes that the main
obstacle however remains "the persistence of [the Israeli] occupation
and the [conflict's] unresolved issues." At an international meeting in
Brussels, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Palestinian
statehood has been given a "birth certificate."

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad: "What I myself quote at the
meeting, a birth, what amounts to effectively a birth certificate for
the reality of a Palestinian statehood. We feel it very important for
the political process to take advantage of what today's meeting has
concluded. The fact that us Palestinians have past the threshold for
readiness of statehood."



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