UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN chief seeks all UN members and a Palestinian state, a stage for the showdown that could undermine decades of Middle East diplomacy.
United States and Israel, the Palestinian state should emerge from the peace talks between Palestinians and Israel, which would be impossible if the Palestinians declare a state by itself. Washington has promised to veto, as in Palestine, at the request of the UN Security Council.
Palestinians say peace talks brokered by the United States have failed, in part due to the continued building of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, leaving no choice but to apply for recognition of Israel without waiting to reach an agreement.
Abbas said that the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon on Monday that it will continue with its plans to seek a Security Council vote Friday on Palestinian adherence.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said the diplomats were still hoping to avoid a crisis. A vote would be unlikely to take place on Friday, giving time for diplomacy to revive the peace talks, he said on Europe 1.
United States and Israel, the Palestinian state should emerge from the peace talks between Palestinians and Israel, which would be impossible if the Palestinians declare a state by itself. Washington has promised to veto, as in Palestine, at the request of the UN Security Council.
Palestinians say peace talks brokered by the United States have failed, in part due to the continued building of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, leaving no choice but to apply for recognition of Israel without waiting to reach an agreement.
Abbas said that the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon on Monday that it will continue with its plans to seek a Security Council vote Friday on Palestinian adherence.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said the diplomats were still hoping to avoid a crisis. A vote would be unlikely to take place on Friday, giving time for diplomacy to revive the peace talks, he said on Europe 1.
"There is a procedure for handling these requests and may take a few days or weeks, which means that there is room for other initiatives," said Alain Juppe. "We hope to find a way to convince all parties to return to the negotiating table and in a serious way."
Ban said Abbas, who will send the request to the Security Council and urged Israelis and Palestinians to continue their work "within the legal framework and balanced" UN spokesman Martin Nesirky.
Palestinian crisis has overshadowed this week's meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and has resulted in frantic talks to avoid a confrontation, which poses a risk for the Palestinians, Israel and the U.S. point of view.
Senior diplomats from the United States, Russia, the European Union and United Nations - the Quartet of Middle East mediators - met throughout the week in hopes of finding a way forward.
The Quartet has tried for months to draw up guidelines for future peace negotiations, so far without success.
A senior U.S. official Monday described the talks as "productive" but said he could not predict whether it will succeed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered to start direct talks, but did not make any concessions to the Palestinians say is important to prevent the opening of negotiations again.
MOVEMENTS OF RISK
Abbas, told reporters on his plane in New York, acknowledged that the decision could affect the Palestinian Authority, the fragile government of waiting depends on international financial aid for their survival in the Bank, occupied by Israel, the West.
"We decided to take this step and are unleashed against us," he said, adding that he would not be influenced. "From now until the n word" has only one option. Go to the Security Council then we will sit down and decide. "
The White House has stressed its threat to veto any move with the Palestinian Security Council and said he would focus on trying to push both parties to the negotiations.
"We have stated our position, which is that we oppose efforts to achieve a Palestinian state through the United Nations," said vice-president Barack Obama's national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, told reporters.
Rhodes, said Obama was not a planned meeting with Abbas, while both are in New York, but said there was always the possibility of a change in the calendar.
US-backed talks between Abbas and Netanyahu, collapsed almost a year ago, when the Palestinians pulled out after Israel refused to grant a partial solution to the suspension of construction of the West Bank.
The two sides remain divided on the issue of borders, the status of Jerusalem, the future of Palestinian refugees, and whether Israel should be recognized as a Jewish state.
The Palestinians say they will not resume talks unless the moratorium on building is restored. Israel says talks must resume without preconditions to produce two states coexisting in peace.
Palestinian decision to go to the United Nations has caused consternation in Washington, where some lawmakers say they are trying to cut about $ 500 million a year U.S. aid to the Palestinians, if they refuse to back down.
Central PA bank chief said it could doom the current efforts at self-government.
"In fact, the risk of collapse is very real financial constraints PA," said Jihad al-Wazir Reuters.
Saudi Arabia said on Monday the Palestinian Authority will pay $ 200 million, which could help in the short term, but not completely disappeared from American funding.
Another route
With little hope of success in the Security Council, the Palestinians are asking the United Nations General Assembly to improve their position from a "device" to a "non-state" - a movement which they believe is likely to be approved with the support of at least 126 at least 193 members of the body members.
Abbas will meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday. He met Monday with Juppe.
The U.S. veto Security Council in Washington diplomatic risk, which could end a long time isolated and its ally Israel for a period of unprecedented political turmoil throughout the Middle East.
It would also raise the tension in the Palestinian territories and the Netanyahu government, which has already seen its traditionally stable ties with key neighbors Egypt and Turkey to rapidly deteriorate, exacerbated by the uncertainty region.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Foreign Minister of Turkey on Monday to do nothing to worsen ties with Israel in Ankara, who jumped into crisis after a deadly Israeli attack last year on a fleet of help Turkey on its way to the Gaza Strip, an Islamist-led Palestinian enclave under Israeli blockade.
Clinton, asked if there was progress on the entire Palestinian impasse, said further work.
"It's early in the week. Many people are not even there yet and there has been a large number of meetings," he said. "But I think everyone knows our position, and obviously our goal is a two-state solution and that is what we are going to continue working."
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