Israel's expected  "failure" at the UN General Assembly on Thursday is the result of  ongoing political oversight, The Tzipi Livni Party leader Tzipi Livni  said Wednesday, ahead of the Palestinian bid for a status upgrade.
"When Israel does not instigate and lead initiatives, initiatives are forced upon it," she said. 
Engaging  in a political process with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas,  and striving for an agreement is our interest, that would preserve  Israel as a Zionist, Jewish and democratic state, she continued.
"Within  two weeks, the world will recognize - because of the failures of Prime  Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government - a Hamas state in Gaza, and a  Palestinian state within the 1967 borders," she added.   
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