Yahoo News: China paper warns US against Palestinian UN Veto

A Chinese state-run newspaper on Friday warned of a spike in tensions in the Middle East, if the United States vetoed the Palestinian bid for membership in the United Nations next week. As peace-talks with Israel stall, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is expected to formally submit a request for UN membership in the United Nations next week, despite strong objections from Washington (not George, but the "idiots" who have now taken his place). "If the US chooses to fly in the face of world opinion and block the Palestine UN bid next week, not only will Israel become more isolated, but tensions in the region will be heightened even more" said the China daily. "The majority of the international community deems an independent state as the inalienable right of the Palestinians," said the English-language daily in an editorial, echoing Beijing's official position on the issue. The planned request by the Palestinians for UN membership comes almost a year after direct peace talks with Israel ran aground due to a dispute over Israel's construction of settlements on occupied Palestinian land, but the US (Obama) has threatened to veto the move, if it is made within the UN Security Council, saying it would "harm" prospects for peace talks, and that a Palestinian state can only result from negotiations with Israel! (FAT CHANCE!!)