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Article: Palestine : Palestinians Set Plan to Build a State.
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- August 26, 2009
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what they saw as a unilateral action. The United States consul general in Jerusalem expressed approval for the plan.
Mr. Fayyad, an American-educated economist and a political independent who has gained the confidence of the West and is largely respected in Israel, made the announcement in the West Bank city of Ramallah. He said the goal of the plan was to establish a de facto state apparatus within the next two years.
His plan was not meant to be in lieu of the political process, but to reinforce it, Mr. Fayyad said in an interview with The New York Times. Negotiations and state-building, he said, need to be pursued in ...