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Bobbywhy
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Should the US veto a UN Security Council Resolution for the creation of a Palestinian State?
M. Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), plans to petition the UN Security Council on September 20 for the recognition of Palestine as a full UN member state. The US has already said it would veto this effort.
The PA has said it expects the US veto, and plans to then appeal to the full UN General Assembly for status of a “non-member” state, the same status as Kosovo, Taiwan, and Vatican City. If this bid is successful, it would transform the Israeli-Palestine conflict into a matter of one UN state violating the sovereign rights of another. The Palestinians could then access the UN’s human rights bodies, the International Court of Justice, and the International Criminal Court with any grievances. The PA has stated it would prefer direct negotiations with Israel, but not even a partial moratorium on settlement construction on Palestinian land could be arranged with Israel.
Background info:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/world/middleeast/06palestinians.html
http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/focus-...es-not-shy-from-his-record-on-israel-1.382720
http://www.onislam.net/english/news...-seeks-to-abort-un-palestinian-statehood.html
If the US does veto the Palestine request it would seem to contradict what President Obama said this past May:
“So while the core issues of the conflict must be negotiated, the basis of those negotiations is clear: a viable Palestine, a secure Israel. The United States believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine. We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states. The Palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves, and reach their full potential, in a sovereign and contiguous state.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/05/19/text-of-obamas-speech-on-the-middle-east/
M. Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), plans to petition the UN Security Council on September 20 for the recognition of Palestine as a full UN member state. The US has already said it would veto this effort.
The PA has said it expects the US veto, and plans to then appeal to the full UN General Assembly for status of a “non-member” state, the same status as Kosovo, Taiwan, and Vatican City. If this bid is successful, it would transform the Israeli-Palestine conflict into a matter of one UN state violating the sovereign rights of another. The Palestinians could then access the UN’s human rights bodies, the International Court of Justice, and the International Criminal Court with any grievances. The PA has stated it would prefer direct negotiations with Israel, but not even a partial moratorium on settlement construction on Palestinian land could be arranged with Israel.
Background info:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/world/middleeast/06palestinians.html
http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/focus-...es-not-shy-from-his-record-on-israel-1.382720
http://www.onislam.net/english/news...-seeks-to-abort-un-palestinian-statehood.html
If the US does veto the Palestine request it would seem to contradict what President Obama said this past May:
“So while the core issues of the conflict must be negotiated, the basis of those negotiations is clear: a viable Palestine, a secure Israel. The United States believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine. We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states. The Palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves, and reach their full potential, in a sovereign and contiguous state.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/05/19/text-of-obamas-speech-on-the-middle-east/