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Is Palestine on the road to recognition?

Hello again, I'm Mormon Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The British Parliament has voted to recognize a Palestinian state, with one long time backer of

Israel saying it's time for Israel's friends to say, enough is enough. Sweden has done the same

thing, and the Palestinians are just two votes shy of being recognized by the UN Security Council.

Nobody believes that will happen,

and the U.S. is likely to veto a measure

increasingly popular in the rest of the world.

In Europe and elsewhere, there's outrage

over Israel's latest settlement in the West Bank.

Are the Palestinians taking diplomatic warfare too far?

Today's talking point is the cable bundle unraveling.

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Hello again. I'm Aronaldi back with To the Point.

Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians have broken down,

and Israel's claiming settlement land in the West Bank.

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