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Israel Rejects French Compromise on Palestinian State
(AFP) Israel on Friday rejected a proposal by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to upgrade the Palestinians' UN status and admit them as a non-member state, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said. "This may seem like a good idea on the surface but in reality you can't cut corners by giving the Palestinians a state, however you describe it, which does not come from an agreement with Israel."