(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Sweden is not considering unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian state within the 1967 lines, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. Bildt's comments are significant because Sweden is widely considered in Jerusalem as being among the most pro-Palestinian states in the EU. Bildt said the "most fundamental definition of a state" is that it controls its own territory, and that the Palestinians won't control their own territory unless there is an agreement with Israel. Noting that the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean "is not that big," Bildt said the reality is that a Palestinian state will have "to be in close cooperation with Israel."
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