FOXNews.com: Israel downplays Palestinian UN bid before vote- VIDEO: UN to vote on Palestinian statehood

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Israel downplays Palestinian UN bid before vote- VIDEO: UN to vote on Palestinian statehood Nov 29th 2012, 09:06 Published November 29, 2012 Associated Press FILE: Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon (C) gestures as he speaks to the media during a tour of Gilo, a Jewish settlement on land Israel captured in 1967 and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality.Reuters JERUSALEM –  Israel's deputy foreign minister is downplaying the Palestinians' statehood bid at the United Nations, saying it's a "virtual move without any substance" that could boomerang against them. Danny Ayalon told Army Radio on Thursday that the measure was also "serious violation" of peace accords between the two sides. He says Israel will consequently feel itself "less bound" by those agreements, and could respond by withholding funds or security cooperation from the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority. The Palestinians will ask the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to recognize a non-member state of Palestine. The measure is likely to be approved because the Palestinians have overwhelming support in the assembly. The move comes a year after the Palestinians failed to get the Security Council to recognize "Palestine" as a full-fledged U.N. member.

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