UN reports says PA "capable of running state"

The Palestinian Administration headed by Mahmoud Abbas is to a large degree capable of running a potential Palestinian state, says a UN report. The report states that the Palestinian government institutions are sufficient for a proper functioning of a state - when it comes to the six zones where the UN is most engaged. UN reports says PA "capable of running state" The report will be presented on Wednesday in Brussels as a liaison committee meets there. The committee gathers countries that are donors engaged in the Palestinian territories. The Palestinians have previously said that they will ask the UN General Assembly when it meets in September to recognize the territories as their state, and in the pre-Six Day War borders. During that war in 1967, Israel came under attack from an alliance of several neighboring Arab states, but emerged victorious, ending the war by occupying the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula. Israel is still in control of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. On Monday, Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu met with EU ambassadors in Jerusalem, and according to reports, accused the international community - "people with good intentions" as he referred to them - of putting peace even further out of reach "by telling the Palestinians that they don't have to negotiate". Palestinians hold weekly demonstrations in the W. Bank against a separation barrier (Beta/AP)

UN reports says PA "capable of running state"

The report will be presented on Wednesday in Brussels as a liaison committee meets there.

The committee gathers countries that are donors engaged in the Palestinian territories.

The Palestinians have previously said that they will ask the UN General Assembly when it meets in September to recognize the territories as their state, and in the pre-Six Day War borders.

During that war in 1967, Israel came under attack from an alliance of several neighboring Arab states, but emerged victorious, ending the war by occupying the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula.

Israel is still in control of the West Bank and the Golan Heights.

On Monday, Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu met with EU ambassadors in Jerusalem, and according to reports, accused the international community - "people with good intentions" as he referred to them - of putting peace even further out of reach "by telling the Palestinians that they don't have to negotiate".