(AP) Karin Laub - UN recognition of a Palestinian state would largely be a symbolic victory, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Tuesday. Fayyad, a political independent who has focused on trying to build a state from the ground up, warned against raising the expectations of ordinary Palestinians. "It is not going to be a dramatic result," said Fayyad. Asked if anything would change on the ground after UN recognition, he said: "My answer to you is no. Unless Israel is part of that consensus, it won't."
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