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February 20, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnL20227956.html

Abbas Aide Says Declaring Independence a Possibility

[Reuters] Mohammed Assadi - Palestinians should declare an independent state unilaterally if peace talks with Israel continue to falter, Yasser Abed Rabbo, a top aide to Mahmoud Abbas, said on Wednesday. "Kosovo is not better than us. We deserve independence even before Kosovo," Abed Rabbo said. However, Saeb Erekat, another senior Palestinian negotiator, voiced opposition to any unilateral declaration of independence and said the PLO had already declared independence in 1988.

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