RAMALLAH, August 31, 2011 (WAFA) - Rabbi Menachem Froman Wednesday supported and expressed his and other Israeli rabbis' wishes for success to the Palestinian bid to gain full United Nations membership of a Palestinian state within 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital in September, during his meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas.

Froman said that establishing a Palestinian state benefits the peace process and Israel, as well as working to achieve comprehensive, just peace and stability for the region and the world.

Abbas received Froman in his Ramallah headquarters and reiterated the Palestinian leadership's commitment to the peace process with Israel and that the Palestinian bid follows Israel's refusal to abide by international law and agreements.

The Palestinian bid is not a replacement of negotiations, and is the only chance to bypass the current crisis in the peace process due to the Israeli government's continuous settlement activities on Palestinian land and refusal of the principle of the two-state solution, added Abbas.

Froman congratulated Abbas on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic holiday marking the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for Muslims, and wished for peace and co-existence between Palestinians and Israelis through establishing the independent Palestinian state.

Froman offered to establish a committee of both Palestinian and Israeli religious figures to stop mutual instigation, and to send the committee to the US administration to spread the religious calling of peace and of establishing a Palestinian state to live side-by-side with Israel.

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