A video showing US Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney saying the Palestinians are opposed to peace with Israel has been released on the internet. In a private speech to party donors, which was secretly filmed, Romney said the “Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish.” He suggests an independent Palestinian state is unviable and that his strategy towards the issue will be to “kick the ball down the field". The video is from the same event as a clip released on Monday, in which Romney says almost half of Americans "believe that they are victims". More from the BBC Lebanon, whose political stability is threatened by escalating violence in neighboring Syria, sold its first 10-year local currency debt amid growing confidence in the country’s economy, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said. The sale this week raised more than 1
