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Occupation magazine - Related Issues Home page  back Print  Send To friend Israel `regrets` recognitions of Palestinian state By Ma`an News Agency http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=339710 JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel on Monday described as `regrettable` decisions by several Latin American countries to recognize a Palestinian state, as President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his `pride.` `This regrettable decision will not help at all to change the situation between Israel and the Palestinians,` Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor told Agence France-Presse. `It is a disappointing declaration which goes against the spirit of the agreements between Israel and the Palestinians and against negotiations for peace,` he said. The comments came after Argentina followed Brazil by saying it would recognize a `free and independent` Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, in a move that was later mirrored by Uruguay. The Argentine move was announced in a letter sent by President Cristina Kirchner to Abbas, which was made public Monday. `The Argentine government recognises Palestine as a free and independent state within the borders defined in 1967,` Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman said, reading from the letter. RY Links to the latest articles in this section Kerry Meets With Israelis and Palestinians to Revive Peace Process Israel cracks down on American travel to West Bank by requiring tourists to obtain military permit J Street’s pipe dreams of peace