Palestinians may ask UN to recognize state in ’67 borders

The Palestinian Authority announced on Saturday that it was studying the possibility of asking the UN General Assembly and Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders.
The announcement followed a meeting of Palestinian officials in Ramallah to discuss the status of the peace process in light of the crisis surrounding Israel’s refusal to impose a second moratorium on new construction in the West Bank settlements.
Palestinians have also taken issue with Israel’s announcement on Thursday that it planned to build 238 new homes in two Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem “This announcement is a very clear-cut indication that the choice of Mr. Netanyahu is settlements, not peace,” Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Friday.
The Palestinian leadership on Saturday also expressed concern over US and international support for the Israeli government’s demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state. On Monday in the Knesset, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that if the Palestinians met this demand, he would impose a second moratorium on settlement construction.
“The Palestinians have given all [of] what they have for the sake of peace,” Zanoun said. “But we won’t give up our basic national rights, first and foremost the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital on all the territories occupied in 1967 and the return of the refugees to their homes.
“It’s impossible to recognize Israel as a Jewish state because we want to preserve the right of return for those Palestinians who were forcibly expelled from their homes and lands,” Zanoun said. “We also want to protect the rights of the Arab Palestinians living in the territories that were occupied in 1948 and who are facing a conspiracy by the racist, extremist Israeli government.” 
They will not recognize Israel as a Jewish State, and they will not stop trying to destroy them.