Abbas not to meet Netanyahu

Abbas ruled out the time to meet with Netanyahu in NY

Palestinian President maintains his idea to request the status of State at the UN.

Ensures that a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister is "wasting time".

Netanyahu urges Abbas to resume peace talks between Israel and Palestine.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, d Escart, for now, meeting with Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu , to return, just as suggested on Monday the Israeli leader , direct peace negotiations in New York, where both will agree discussions at the UN General Assembly.

President Abbas is willing to meet just for the sake of meeting Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, so said during an interview in New York, while recognizing that the delegation headed by Abbas has not yet received a formal request some of the Israeli authorities and considered that the meeting "would not now anything."

"President Abbas is willing to meet just for the sake of meeting, for Netanyahu goes on to show that things are fine, there is no conflict. We will not allow , "said Palestinian Foreign Minister.

Maliki was responding to Netanyahu, after he urged Abbas to meet him in New York, instead of " wasting time "with the request for admission of Palestine as a UN member state.

"Talk about a meeting with Netanyahu, that meeting must leave something, we know you will represent something," reasoned the minister, who encouraged the Israeli prime minister shows its willingness to negotiate "acceptable," said, "first the 1967 borders and slowing and stopping settlement in full. "

"So we have no problem meeting with him in New York, Palestine, Israel or anywhere in the world to immediately start political negotiations," said Maliki, who said the Palestinians would not accept "no pressure" and go ahead with his attempt to gain entry to the UN.

Abbas confirmed Monday the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon on Friday presented the request for accession of Palestine to the international organization to be recognized as a state "as of right."

Member State

"Any lower status puts us in an awkward position with our principles, our people and everyone who has supported our people over the years," Maliki told Efe, while acknowledging that your request is at risk of being frustrated in the Security Council of the UN, the body that must give initial approval to the entrance, through the power of veto in the U.S..

Any lower status puts us in an awkward position with our principles , "Why should we be different and be treated as less than? not accept less, we are equal and sometimes better than other countries, "said the minister, who showed data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB) and the European Union (EU) to show that the Palestinian territories might work "better than other countries in the region."

In the event that Washington exercises his veto as the U.S. administration has announced and the Palestinian request came to nothing, Maliki said that "it will have to evaluate other options, like going to the General Assembly." Palestinian Foreign Minister said that will not leave empty as his people, he said, expected to ask to become a member state "and that's what we do."

"We're going to take symbolic support by most countries , "said the minister, who acknowledged that the Palestinians have a second option to go to the General Assembly later to get the non-member status, higher the current one.

"The U.S. has told us very clearly they do not want to go or the Security Council or the Assembly because both options will open the door to membership in various organizations and agencies, and sign treaties, such as the International Criminal Court International (CPI) and (to that body) could lead to Israel's occupation, "he said.

"I'll just say that there is no need to go to the ICC Palestine if Israel gives up its occupation and stop acting like an occupying force . Pressure should not be to Palestine, which is a victim, but to Israel, "said Maliki .

Protest March in Israel

More than 400,000 people in 'Million Dollar March', the biggest protest in the history of Israel

The "Million March" was the challenge issued by 'outraged' by Israel to get the largest demonstration in the history of this country.

Protesting the social and economic situation which is Israel.

More than 400,000 people staged the largest demonstration in the history of Israel in the so-called 'March of the million' , height of the protest against the high cost of living began in July, according to channels 1, 2 and 10 local television. Towards the 22.30 local time (19.30 GMT), the highest participation was recorded in Tel Aviv, with 292,000 people, while in Jerusalem are concentrated between 35,000 and 50,000 and 25,000 people in Haifa.

"We will not stop this protest until you, prime minister ( Benjamin Netanyahu ), give us real solutions. We are here to stay, "said one of the main leaders of the movement, the president of the National Union of Students, Itzik Shmueli, in concentration in Tel Aviv. Shmueli warned that "the road to victory will not be easy," but end with " a better Israeli society "based on a" better balance between free market economy and the human economy. " The Million March 'was the challenge issued by 'outraged' by Israel to achieve the largest demonstration the country's history, seven weeks after the start of the protest movement. The 'outraged' managed to get 300,000 people to the streets highest concentration in the then history of the Jewish state by reasons unrelated to the conflict in the Middle East . The figure today in a country of 7.5 million , far exceeds the highest concentration in the history of the Jewish state, when 400,000 people took to the streets in 1982 to protest the massacres at the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in Lebanon. The Israelis of any political or religious, as underlined by a mobilization of the videos made by the organizers had been convened in various cities between 20.30 and 21.30 local time (17.30 and 18.30 GMT). While the call sign reads, in a pun: "They only understand numbers," the organizers insisted that the success of the protest should not be measured solely by the number of attendees. Last Saturday only moved 20,000, half in Tel Aviv. Defense Minister Ehud Barak, went on Friday, although Saturday night only 100,000 people to manifest their voice will be heard. The answer was born in Tel Aviv when a young woman in July planted a tent in a downtown boulevard after being left without a home to rent. His case was followed by others in solidarity, which Boulevard filled hundreds of stores, spread to other cities and became a broader movement of protest socio-economic status. However, the initiative has been criticized in certain circles left aside for tactical reasons the thorny issue the occupation and colonization of Palestinian territories.

Ashton started the journey in Israel

The head of European diplomacy, Catherine Ashton, started Thursday its Middle East tour, which on Friday will bring Israel and the Palestinian territories to try to boost the stalled Middle East peace , as reported Wednesday by the Commission Europe.

The High Representative of the European Union will arrive in Israel and the Palestinian territories from Jordan , where he will meet today with the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Nasser Judeh .

Several meetings

On Friday and Sunday hold meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders .

Specifically, Ashton will meet Friday with Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, and the opposition leader, Tzipi Livni, and with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayad.

Saturday will be moved to Egypt , where he held at the headquarters of the Arab League meeting in Cairo of the Group, which includes organizations that support a democratic transition in Libya .

Ashton will address the international community's response to the conflict in Libya with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the president of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, and representatives of the Organization of Islamic Conference.

Will meet Sunday in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Arab Spring

His visit to the Middle East comes six months after the outbreak of the Arab spring and a " key moment "for the peace process , according to the EC.

In a statement, Ashton announced that in his meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders will encourage them to "seize the opportunity for negotiation."

"With the momentous events taking place in North Africa and after the speech of the president (Barack) Obama last month, is more urgent than ever to relaunch the peace process in the Middle East," he said.

Ashton's trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories takes place after he sent a letter to Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and Ban Ki Moon.

In the letter, Ashton calls for a "strong signal" and a "gesture before the summer" by the Middle East Quartet (U.S., Russia, the EU and the UN) to encourage Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks.

The High Representative also considers that "it is time for unilateral action."

Dialogue between Israel and Palestine

The leadership of the Palestinian territories want to ask the UN in September to "acceptance" as a full member based on the 1967 borders , ie between Gaza and the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

"I think what is needed now is (send) a clear signal to the parties and a framework that should allow them to return to the negotiating table," he explains.

Considers that the Quartet should decide as soon as possible, taking advantage of Obama's speech on May 19, in which his vision of peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and proposed that negotiations be resumed based on the 1967 but with modifications are agreed, but Israel has flatly rejected .

"I believe that as heads of the Quartet should meet to adopt a declaration to strengthen these elements and thus provide the parties to a framework," said Ashton.

"It is critical that we make a gesture before the summer because we have to help calm a volatile situation that promises to go further as the years pass," the letter concludes.