Arab League chief calls for Palestinian UN upgrade
Nabil Elaraby says more than 100 nations have already recognized Palestine as a state
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Nabil Elaraby at an economic conference in Jordan, 2011 (photo credit: CC-BY-SA World Economic Forum/Nader Daoud/Flickr)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Arab League chief said the time is right for the Palestinians to have their UN membership upgraded.
Nabil Elaraby’s comment followed talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
“It’s time for Palestine to be member state at the UN,” Elaraby told reporters. He noted that 100 nations have recognized Palestine as a state.
The Palestinians are campaigning for UN nonmember state status in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, the territories Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war.
The Palestinians insist they remain committed to negotiating the terms of Palestinian statehood with Israel.
Israel charges the Palestinians are trying to delegitimize it and bypass negotiations.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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