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Line 34: − + − [[File:Flag of Palestine.jpg|thumb|The Flag of Palestine, used to represent the Palestinian Authority.]]+ − + − In October, 2011, Palestine was granted full membership at the U.N. cultural organization, [[UNESCO]], in a diplomatic victory won despite stiff resistance from the United States and Israel. <ref> [http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/12/15/182782.html More than 100 countries recognize Palestine as a state.] </ref> − − A pro-Arab website expresses the Palestinian view concerning the border of Palestine by declaring they want a border which existed prior to the [[Six-Day War]]: − <blockquote> − The value of a [[UN]] resolution recognizing an independent state for the Palestinian people, with its borders running exactly along the 1949 Armistice line, which was the border between Israel and the West Bank until June 4, 1967, should not be undermined.<ref> [http://english.alarabiya.net/views/2011/04/27/146903.html Obama, Netanyahu and the 'Palestinian state'.] </ref> − </blockquote> − − Pro-Israel advocates typically point out that Israel has repeatedly had to defend itself against attacks by neighboring Arab states and counter that reverting Israel's border to borders which existed before the Six-Day war would not allow Israel to have defensible borders.<ref>[http://www.defensibleborders.org/amidror.htm Defensible borders]</ref> − − The Israeli government of Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] is openly opposed to the proposed Palestinian statehood and is threatening retaliatory action. US officials, notably Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] are also opposed. − − <blockquote> − Netanyahu has further alienated the Palestinians by making clear that in any future deal he would seek to retain significant chunks of the West Bank because of their strategic value, since Israel in its pre-1967 borders is at its narrowest point only nine miles wide. "The existence of a Jewish state is not just a matter of separation" from the Palestinians, he said; "It's a matter of security, preserving our basic national interests — and this requires negotiations." <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Israel-Palestinians-Netanyahu-Binational/2012/04/03/id/434711 Netanyahu: Israel Needs Palestinian State to Ensure Own Survival.] </ref> − − </blockquote>
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== Palestinian state ==
== Proposed State of Palestine ==
{{Main article|State of Palestine}}
Currently, the Palestinians living in disputed territories, are trying to create a state called Palestine. At least 112 countries around the world have formally recognized Palestine as a state, stretching from Africa to Asia, Europe to Latin America... Around 150 countries maintain diplomatic relations with the Palestinians in one form or another...
Currently, the Palestinians living in disputed territories are trying to create a state called Palestine. The [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] has declared the [[State of Palestine]], which is recognised by 130 United Nations member states and the [[Arab League]]
== Protesters 2011 ==
== Protesters 2011 ==