In the clearest indication yet that officials don’t really believe the most recent peace process can be salvaged, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his threat to establish a unilateral Palestinian state and seek UN recognition for it.
The prospect has been angrily met by Israeli officials, who have repeatedly warned of non-specific retaliation for any unilateral actions. The move could have far-reaching effects and force Israel and the Obama Administration to admit to their opposition to Palestinian statehood except under very severe restrictions, a potentially major embarrassment for the administration.
Yet as Western officials warn him, Abbas noted that Israel has been taking unilateral actions for decades, including the decisions to construct a massive collection of settlements in occupied territory.
Indeed Israel has never sought international permission for any of its actions with respect to the Palestinians, and has railed at every international suggestion in opposition to their decisions. The Palestinian Authority’s ability to pull off any unilateral moves is very much in question, however, as the Obama Administration is almost certain to oppose such moves regardless of the international consequences.
Abbas SHOULD declare a Palestinian state. ItzALie has constantly proven ever since 67 that peace talks are nothing more than a big smoke screen to appease the mindless while the zioNAZI racist HATE cult steals more Palestinian land. As well as the land from Israel's neighbors by initiating more wars.
The ONLY way there will ever be peace in the ME is if Israel's neighbors attain military parity with ItzALie OR else the US alters our failed foreign policy of being strapped to the apartheid rogue state of Israel.
Outside of that there will NEVER be peace in the ME. Because as long as the parasites in Israel think there is one more dollar to steal from the American treasury OR that they can steal more land from their neighbors by starting more wars, they will NEVER be at peace with ANY of their neighbors.
This is exactly what is wrong with Vichy Abbas. Declaring statehood should NEVER be a threat. To use it as a threat is to delegitimate it. Abbas should just DO it. There should not be any consideration whatsoever that it is something to be negotiated. Of course Israel did not negotiate its declaration of a state or anything else it has done. The whole notion of Palestinian self determination obviously is founded on their absolute right to declare statehood unilaterally.
Remember the context, people. This is not a case of one entity splitting off from an already established and legitimate entity. THAT would require negotiation. The Palestinians are not splitting off from Israel.
Btw, something similar applies in the case of Abkazia and South Ossetia, though not quite as obviously. Georgia claims that those areas are splitting off, but they never were fully established as part of Georgia. All that has been lost and forgotten in history's usual haze of hypocrisy, but just as Georgia claimed the right to split from Russia when the USSR went down, Abkazia and South Ossetia claimed the right at the same time to split from Georgia, but Georgia screamed that it wasn't fair and has been screaming that ever since.
It will be claimed that the US and Israel will punish Palestine severely should they declare independence, but – of course – they are already doing so. Were Abbas a real leader of his people, he would force the US and Israel to show their hands, for all to see. The US says that it supports the right of the Palestinians to self-determination. Call its bluff.
What does he have to lose? How can Israel complain since it is exactly what it did in 1948. It is amazing to see how the chosen complain about being treated like they treat others.
Actually completely true. If the UN today declared that Palestine was a state based on the 67 borders then either the squatters on Palestinian land could be forced to take an oath to an Islamic/Christian state or else beat feet back to their beloved Israel.
If Israel complained regarding the UN declaring a Palestinian state it would immediately delegitimize their own declared state and the world could move forward from there.
"Today the term antisemitic designates the people whom the j**s choose to HATE !"
First of all, I never used that term. Second of all, that's a cute and somewhat thought-provoking comment, but it should be classified as sophistry: clever but specious reasoning. While it's true that the term "antisemite" can be applied unfairly, without a doubt it still describes all too many people–including many at this site who reflexively rail against its use.
My post definitely didn't warrant deletion; the censor is capricious. I was simply pointing out that there are some people (not everyone) who make bigoted comments at this site (such as when they use the term "the chosen" as a verbal club). In so doing, they ironically demonstrate the hatred and ignorance that necessitated the founding of Israel, a refuge for the targets of unrelenting hatred.