Anxieties mount over Palestinian statehood bid

JERUSALEM — The countdown to a Palestinian bid next week for membership and recognition as a state in the United Nations brought a stark warning from Israel on Wednesday that approval would bring "harsh and grave consequences'' for the Palestinians.

The threat by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was the sharpest yet in an escalating cycle of rhetoric on all sides of the conflict. While the Palestinians say they will go ahead with the move, the Obama administration dispatched two senior envoys to the region Wednesday to restate the American case against the statehood bid.

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Philip Rucker 15 Sep, 2011

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