The Mideast quartet -- Russia, the US, the EU, and the UN -- may acknowledge a Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 war borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in autumn this year, the Voice of Russia website reports today (April 20, 2011).
The UN General Assembly may consider the issue in September, according to foreign diplomatic sources.
Israel views these plans as treachery and blackmail, and awaits US support, says Israeli political analyst Alexander Eterman.
"The UN may acknowledge a Palestinian state but it cannot make it a member. All new members have to be approved by the UN Security Council, where the US has veto rights," Eterman said.
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