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Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/129517/state-palestine-now-not-time-say-peers
State of Palestine? Now Is Not the Time, Say Peers
(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Marcus Dysch - "The practical result of a premature state of Palestine would simply be to free up the import of arms into the new state. The aim underlying this move is the takeover of Israel," Baroness Deech has warned, speaking against a House of Lords motion for a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood. "Why is there no preparation by the Palestinians for statehood? There is no governance structure, no independent administration, no industrialization and no negotiation of trade agreements with its neighbor, Israel?" "Let there be a two-state solution by all means if the Palestinians will...lay down their arms and be a country of peace." Labour's Lord Mendelsohn said, "We need a re-energized peace process.... However, the current process of Palestinian unilateralism will not do it." Liberal Democrat Lord Palmer added: "I do not believe that there is any alternative to those two nations, with the support and pressure of the outside world, sitting down and settling their differences in negotiations." Conservative Lord Leigh said, "Unilateral recognition of statehood would reward the Palestinian Authority, at a time of heightened terrorism and official PA incitement against Israel, for choosing Hamas as its partner."