(30 Nov 2012) AP TELEVISION
SHOTLIST
Berlin, Germany
1. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle walking along corridor
2. Close up of cameras
3. SOUNDBITE (German) Guido Westerwelle, German Foreign Minister:
"Our goal is still a fair, negotiated two-state solution. Only this solution will bring permanent peace and stability to the region. Therefore a vote of the United Nation is a mandate to start again direct peace talks between Israel and Palestine. The international community will pay a constructive tribute to it."
4. Mid of cameramen
5. Westerwelle walking away
Vatican City
6. Wide of Saint Peter's Square
7. Crowds of visitors in St. Peter's Square
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Greg Burke, Media Advisor to the Vatican Secretary of State:
"The Holy See welcomes the vote on the resolution although it doesn't see it as answering all the problems, or the solution to all the problems in the region. But it is a step in the right direction."
9. Mid of entrance to St. Peter's Basilica
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Greg Burke, Media Advisor to the Vatican Secretary of State:
"The Vatican sees the two-state solution as the way to bring lasting peace, that Israel has a right to exist, in peace, in security, but that the Palestinian people also have the right to a homeland, a homeland that is sovereign, independent and viable."
11. Mid of cross on top of St. Peter's Basilica
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Greg Burke, Media Advisor to the Vatican Secretary of State:
"The Holy See still has the same position on Jerusalem, we consider it a very special place and we'd like to see a special status for Jerusalem, with international guarantees, something that would ensure access to, free access to and respect for the holy places."
13. Mid of people on street near the Vatican
14. Wide of St. Peter's Basilica
STORYLINE
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Friday said that a United Nations endorsement of an independent state of Palestine should serve as an incentive for the resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
"Our goal is still a fair, negotiated two-state solution," Westerwelle said. "Only this solution will bring permanent peace and stability to the region."
The historic General Assembly decision late on Thursday to accept "Palestine" as a non-member observer state won't actually grant independence to the 4.3 (m) million Palestinians who live in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
Israel remains an occupying force in the first two territories and continues to severely restrict access to Gaza, ruled by the Hamas militant group.
Nor does the vote plaster over the rift in the Palestinian leadership that has led to the emergence of duelling governments in the West Bank and Gaza.
But by gaining approval at a world forum overwhelmingly sympathetic to their quest, Palestinians hope to make it harder for Israel to resist global pressure to negotiate the borders of a future Palestine based on lines Israel held before capturing the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza in 1967.
The Vatican, meanwhile, welcomed the vote on the resolution calling it a "step in the right direction" but stressed that it didn't answer all the problems in the region.
"The Vatican sees the two-state solution as the way to bring lasting peace, that Israel has a right to exist, in peace, in security, but that the Palestinian people also have the right to a homeland, a homeland that is sovereign, independent and viable," said Greg Burke, Media Advisor to the Vatican Secretary of State.
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