RELATED:US rejects Palestinian bid to seek UN approval for statePA: US must present peace plan before we declare stateKey Quartet meeting put off by a month'Palestinian state declaration would hurt US aid to PA'Among those reportedly signing the petition are former president of the Israel Academy of Sciences Menahem Yaari, founder of the leftist Meretz party Shulamit Aloni and painter and sculptor Danny Karavan. All three were awarded the Israel Prize."We are here to welcome the expected announcement of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, according to the borders of our Independence, fixed during the 1949 armistice," the petition reads.Ending the Israeli "occupation" is the only way to abide by the UN partition resolution passed in 1947."The complete end of the occupation is an essential condition of the liberation of the two peoples," the petition reads.
Israel Prize winners to sign petition for Palestinian state
Several dozen artists, intellectuals will sign a petition calling for an end to 'Israeli occupation,' establishment of state along 1967 lines.
RELATED:US rejects Palestinian bid to seek UN approval for statePA: US must present peace plan before we declare stateKey Quartet meeting put off by a month'Palestinian state declaration would hurt US aid to PA'Among those reportedly signing the petition are former president of the Israel Academy of Sciences Menahem Yaari, founder of the leftist Meretz party Shulamit Aloni and painter and sculptor Danny Karavan. All three were awarded the Israel Prize."We are here to welcome the expected announcement of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, according to the borders of our Independence, fixed during the 1949 armistice," the petition reads.Ending the Israeli "occupation" is the only way to abide by the UN partition resolution passed in 1947."The complete end of the occupation is an essential condition of the liberation of the two peoples," the petition reads.