Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does not oppose the Palestinian Authority’s UN bid for non-member observer status, saying it is “congruent with the basic concept of the two-state solution”.
Mr Olmert wrote to Hebrew University professor Bernard Avishai saying he would not oppose the bid for the upgrade of the Palestinians to non-member observer status, due to be heard at the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
Prof Avishai published the letter on the Daily Beast. In it, Mr Olmert states: “Once the United Nations will lay the foundation for this idea, we in Israel will have to engage in a serious process of negotiations, in order to agree on specific borders based on the 1967 lines, and resolve the other issues.
“It is time to give a hand to, and encourage, the moderate forces amongst the Palestinians. Abu-Mazen [Abbas] and Salam Fayyad need our help. It's time to give it.”
