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PA Prime Minister Sees Statehood Next Year

October 28 2010

Israel

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad says there are plans to declare an independent Palestinian state by next year, the Jerusalem Post reports.

"The deadline is next summer, when the Israeli occupation of the West Bank must end," Fayyad told the Italian daily Corriere Della Sera.

The Palestinians "need to build national institutions in the West Bank and prepare for an independent Palestinian state," he said.

Fayyad also said those in Gaza "must be involved in...

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