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124 Out Of 193 Countries Recognize Palestinian Independence.

Nine of the 124 countries are among the top ten most populated
countries in the World, the Maan News Agency reported.

Palestinian sources reported that Palestine is gaining momentum is
international recognition, and the UN move, especially after the
Spanish Foreign Minister, Trinidad Jimenez, recently called on the
European Countries to support the Palestinian move. Israel was angered
by the recent statement, and considered it alarming.

Recently, both Spanish and Belgium Parliaments declared support to the
Palestinian UN move.

Maan stated that Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad Al-Maliki, is
currently on a tour in several African countries, after he concluded a
tour in a number of countries in South and Central America, to garner
their support.

Several envoys, dispatched by President Mahmoud Abbas, toured a number
of countries that could play an essential role in aiding the
Palestinians at the United Nations.

Yet, the United States is following the lead of Israel in opposing the
Palestinian move, and is waving its veto power to topple it.

The US claims statehood can only be achieved through negotiations, but
the ongoing Israeli violations, construction and expansion of
settlements, especially in Jerusalem, and its rejection to recognize
the legitimate Palestine rights to liberation and independence, cast
legitimate doubts on Israel’s intention to achieve a just and a
comprehensive peace agreement with the Palestinians.

Israel is trying to seek full normalization with the Arab world before
a final peace agreement is reached with Israel.

In 2002, the Arab League held a summit in Beirut, headed by then Crown
Prince, current King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and presented the Arab
Peace Initiative. The same initiative was endorsed, one again, during
the Riyadh Summit of the Arab League in 2007.

The initiative offered full normalization between the entire Arab
World and Israel, in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal from the
Palestinian and Arab territories occupied by Israel in 1967; this
includes occupied East Jerusalem, the capital of the future
Palestinian State. http://www.imemc.org/about