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<div id="divNewsDatetime">Tue May 17, 2011 1:11PM</div>
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<div id="divImageDesc"><em>Former Israeli ambassador to the UN Gabriela Shalev</em></div>
<div id="divLead">Former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations has said the US is not interested in vetoing the possible UN recognition of a Palestinian state.</div>
<p>&#8220;The United States is not interested in vetoing the UN&#8217;s recognition of a Palestinian state,&#8221; Gabriela Shalev was quoted as saying by Israeli daily <em>Ha&#8217;aretz</em> on Tuesday.</p>
<p>She said the United Nations is currently the foremost place for engaging activities against Israel, adding that Israel&#8217;s current status at the world body is at an all-time low.</p>
<p>&#8220;Israel has no chance of dealing with the Palestinian move in the General Assembly,&#8221; Shalev said.</p>
<p>Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas has said he will ask the United Nations General Assembly to recognize a Palestinian state in September.</p>
<p>More than 100 countries have so far officially recognized Palestine as a state based on the 1967 borders, the boundaries that existed before Israel captured East al-Quds (Jerusalem), the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>The Palestinians appear to have a majority in the General Assembly, but they are unlikely to get the go-ahead in the Security Council, where the US routinely vetoes anti-Israeli measures.</p>
<p>The US House of Representatives in January passed a resolution &#8220;condemning unilateral measures to declare or recognize a Palestinian state.&#8221;</p>
<p>AGB/PKH/AKM</p>
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