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Palestinian security forces 2. Various of security personnel from various units marching3. Close-up security man looking at marchAP TelevisionRamallah, West Bank, 15 November 20094....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eTulkarem, West Bank, 15 November 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Palestinian security forces \u003cbr/\u003e2. Various of security personnel from various units marching\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close-up security man looking at march\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eRamallah, West Bank, 15 November 2009\u003cbr/\u003e4. Exterior of hotel\u003cbr/\u003e5. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in news conference\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English)  Salam Fayyad, Palestinian Prime Minister: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Getting ready for statehood and statehood proclamation are two different things. What we, in the Palestinian Authority, are concerned with, is part A of this, which is to prepare for this eventuality, for the statehood. State proclamation is something that is for the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organisation) to decide and to resolve at the right time.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of news conference\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joseph Lieberman, US Senator: \u003cbr/\u003e\"A Palestinian Authority that has developed security systems, governmental systems, an economy, is going to be I would say is a much more attractive and credible partner for Israel in reaching a solution to this conflict. So I would distinguish that, I don't think anybody is talking about a unilateral declaration of statehood at this point.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of room\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eJerusalem, 15 November 2009\u003cbr/\u003e10. Establisher Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian Negotiator:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is not a Palestinian unilateral declaration. This is a Palestinian decision backed now with the Arab Foreign Minister's meeting last Thursday, that we should seek to go to the Security Council, the UN Security Council, to have the Security Council recognise the Palestinian state on the '67 border, with East Jerusalem as its capital. What does this mean? Does this mean that we'll go tomorrow? No. It means that we will have to consult with the European Union, the Russians, the UN, the African group, the Asian group, the Latin group, and then after we finish all of this, we go to the Americans and say, 'Look, you could not get the Israelis to stop settlement activities, why would you use a veto?'\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Erekat giving interview\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Silvan Shalom, Israeli Vice Prime Minister: (++soundbite starts on extreme close-up, pull-out to mid shot++)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The unilateral statement that will be made by the Palestinians will not move the Israeli side forward in order to achieve peace with the Palestinians. I don't think that that's what needs to be done, and if they do so, of course the Israeli reaction will be very clear.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Shalom giving interview\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eGaza City, Gaza Strip, 15 November 2009\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot of Palestinian independence rally \u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of rally\u003cbr/\u003e17. Men clapping to music\u003cbr/\u003e18. Men dancing\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eKhan Younis, Gaza Strip, 15 November 2009\u003cbr/\u003e19. Establisher of Hammad Al Reqeb, a Hamas spokesman \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Hammad Al Reqeb, Hamas spokesman: \u003cbr/\u003e\"We are not in need for anybody to do us a favour, not any country in the world, whether big or small countries, to recognise our land the day it is liberated. The day our land and state are liberated, trust that all the world will recognise us. But while we have no state, it's expected that those who are trying to market their fake state will want the people to recognise it.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eNear Nablus, West Bank, 15 November 2009\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of Palestinian independence rally \u003cbr/\u003e22. Men waving Palestinian flags\u003cbr/\u003e23. Cutaway of banner\u003cbr/\u003e24. Officials at rally\u003cbr/\u003e25. Pan of people seated at rally \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Algiers, Algeria - 15 November 1988\u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide of large crowd clapping \u003cbr/\u003e27. Former Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat giving victory sign during his declaration of independence \u003cbr/\u003e28. Crowd clapping\u003cbr/\u003ePalestinian officials said on Sunday they are preparing to ask the United Nations to endorse an independent state without Israel's consent because they are losing hope they can achieve their aspirations through peace talks. \u003cbr/\u003ePalestinian officials stressed the move was not a unilateral declaration of statehood, but the announcement drew a harsh rebuke from Israeli officials.\u003cbr/\u003eChief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said frustrated Palestinians had decided to turn to the U.N. Security Council after 18 years of on-again, off-again negotiations with Israel. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Palestinians seek an independent state that includes the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem - areas captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war.\u003cbr/\u003eUS efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are deadlocked. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the Palestinians to negotiate with him. \u003cbr/\u003eBut they refuse, saying Netanyahu must first stop building settlements on lands they claim. Netanyahu refuses to endorse the 1967 lines as the basis for an agreement.\u003cbr/\u003eEven if the U.N. endorses the Palestinian idea, it would be virtually impossible to implement while Israel remains in control of the West Bank and east Jerusalem. \u003cbr/\u003eNearly 500,000 Israeli settlers live in these areas, in addition to thousands of Israeli troops stationed on bases.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Palestinians already declared independence unilaterally on November 15, 1988. The declaration was recognised by dozens of countries, but never implemented on the ground.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the meantime, the Palestinian prime minister, Salam Fayyad, has begun a two-year development plan meant to lay the groundwork for independence.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking in the West Bank, Fayyad said his development efforts are separate from the independence plan. \u003cbr/\u003eHe said his government's goal is \"getting ready for statehood,\" but added that the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) would decide when to declare independence.\u003cbr/\u003eFayyad spoke at a news conference with US Senator Joseph Lieberman, who praised Fayyad's efforts to develop the economy.\u003cbr/\u003e\"A Palestinian Authority that has developed security systems, governmental systems, an economy, I would say is a much more attractive and credible partner for Israel in reaching a solution to this conflict,\" he said, referring to his development plan. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't think anybody is talking about a unilateral declaration of statehood at this point,\" he added.\u003cbr/\u003eErekat declined to say when the Palestinians would make their appeal to the U.N, signalling that the threat may be aimed in large part at putting pressure on Israel.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Does this mean that we'll go (to the UN) tomorrow? No. It means that we will have to consult with the European Union, the Russians, the UN, the African group, the Asian group, the Latin group, and then after we finish all of this, we go to the Americans and say, 'Look, you could not get the Israelis to stop settlement activities, why would you use a veto?',\" he said in Jerusalem.\u003cbr/\u003eAs one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, the US wields veto power over any resolution.\u003cbr/\u003eIsraeli media predicted that the U.S., Israel's key ally, would veto the move.\u003cbr/\u003eIsraeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned that Israel risks watching the international community line up behind the Palestinians if negotiations are not restarted.\u003cbr/\u003eNimr Hamad, an adviser to Abbas, said Abbas would travel to Cairo on Wednesday to discuss the plan with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.\u003cbr/\u003eThere was no immediate reaction from Security Council members. 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