by Adam Fulton (now and earlier); Léonie Chao-Fong, on (#6HZCD)
This blog is now closed. See all our coverage of the Middle East crisis hereThere can be no security and stability in the region" without a Palestinian state, said the spokesperson for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, reports Associated Press.The remarks come in response to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection on Thursday of calls by the US to take steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state after the war. Continue reading...