Is the European Union recognizes a Palestinian state?

Is the European Union recognizes a Palestinian state? Important question posed by some Israelis concern and inconvenience.
Israel has threatened the European Union by depriving it of playing the role of mediator in the peace negotiations in the Middle East if he supported the division of Jerusalem and recognized the Palestinian state proclaimed by the one. The Israeli Foreign Ministry in a statement: «The move, which led Sweden inflict damage to the ability of the European Union to play the role of mediator between Israel and the Palestinians». The statement added that «after substantial steps taken by the Government of Israel to resume negotiations with the Palestinian Authority was on the European Union to exert pressure on the Palestinian Authority leadership to return to the negotiating table». According to the statement, the steps such as those led by Sweden (recognition of eastern Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state), will come only counter-productive process would be counterproductive.

The newspaper «Haaretz» Israel has revealed in its issue of yesterday, revealed that the Foreign Ministers of the European Union would be invited at a meeting next week for the first time formally to divide Jerusalem between East and West, to be capital of both Palestine and Israel. The paper said it obtained the text of the resolution to be introduced by Sweden, which is currently chairing the European Union foreign ministers, which also includes a pledge of the European Union's recognition of Palestinian state in the event was announced by one. According to the text of the resolution: «day did not recognize annexation of East Jerusalem to Israel, and in order to reach a true and lasting peace must determine the status of Jerusalem as the capital of the two countries». The resolution calls for the reopening of Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem and to stop the discrimination practiced by Israel against the Palestinians in the holy city.

The newspaper said that Israeli diplomats who follow the Swedish initiative for weeks. Sent the Israeli ambassador to the European Union Dan Curiel, last week a number of letters to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem warn her of the danger of this move, describing it as «The European Union about Saddam investigator with Israel». According to the Ambassador, Britain and France support the Swedish position, while excluding stand Germany, Spain and Italy as well as Israel.

Israel launched an intense diplomatic campaign in recent days to thwart the Swede, pointing out that the chances of success of this move are slim. The newspaper said the announcement of the decision will come at the end of two days of discussions that will open the European foreign ministers on December 7 (December) in Brussels on the future of the peace process in the Middle East. The newspaper pointed out that the Minister will determine the Union's position on all issues relating to the peace process.

The newspaper quoted senior officials of the Israeli Foreign Ministry European Union threatened to deny any role in the negotiating process in the Middle East if the Swedish position was adopted.

And call the text of the proposed resolution to the immediate resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, with emphasis on the goal of negotiations should be the establishment of «independent Palestinian state and a democratic, viable and are continuing between the regional parts, and includes both the West Bank and Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem as the capital of the State».

It deals with the text of the resolution in passing to the decision of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin Netanyahu temporarily freeze on Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The newspaper pointed out that even the Israeli army to remove some military checkpoints in different parts of the West Bank has received modest praise.

The draft resolution invites the parties to the conflict not to take unilateral provocative steps that would impede the peace process, stressing that the EU will not accept any action by Israel to change the borders in 1967, only if approved by the Palestinian side to it. The draft resolution stresses that the European Union has never recognized the annexation by Israel to East Jerusalem, adding that to achieve real peace, we must find a way to resolve the status of Jerusalem as the capital of two states.

The Praises Palestinian Prime Minister Salam FayyadSalam Fayyad, for the establishment of a Palestinian state. The newspaper pointed out that the senior staff of the Israeli Foreign Ministry saw in this particular item, an indication of recognition of the Europeans any step to be taken by the Palestinian Authority to declare a state unilaterally. She added that the representation of Israel in the European Union following the Swedish move to change the status of Jerusalem.