Joniversity | Palestinian State in September? (AKA: Black Spet. The Sequel) @Joniversity | Uploaded July 2011 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
What's up with the whole declaration of a Palestinian state in September? Is it a trick to get Israel to flinch? Is it a hollow threat aimed at freaking people out? Maybe it's a smart maneuver to get the Palestinian street take arms and launch a third Intifada? Or just another part of the PLO's phased plan of 1974?... or maybe, just maybe - they actually mean it - and suddenly although everything they say to their own people points to the contrary - they really want a Palestinian state within the borders of 1967.
Well the Obama for all his faults said that the U.S. will veto any attempt to recognize a Palestinian state in the security council - this means that the only place a Palestinian state will be recognized is in the U.N.'s General Assembly using the "Uniting for Peace" resolution which allows the G.A. to declare non-binding declarations when the security council members fail to get to an understanding.
The problems of suddenly going to the U.N. are too numerous to count. First of all isn't it weird that the Palestinians will use as their grounds the two U.N. resolutions (resolution 181 and 242) that they have categorically dismissed in the past? And isn't weird that the same U.N. members that drafted those resolutions which called the sides to reach an agreement based on negotiations will suddenly endorse a side because he is unwilling to negotiate...
And what about all the open questions left un-negotiated like:
Economic Viability of "Palestine"; Gaza and Safe Passage; What Will Happen to Jewish Settlers; Terrorist Attacks and Non-State Actors; Regime Stability; Regional Shifts; Security Arrangements; Growing Power of Islam; Water Agreements; Electricity Provided By Israel; Palestinian Refugees; Border Controls and Customs; Buffer Zone; Will There Be Any More Demands; Fate of Current Joint Security Operations;
Recommended extra-curriculum:
RETHINKING THE END GAME: Improving Lives in The Middle East
youtube.com/watch?v=gD_1DcLFOeA
And a few links for further investigation:
UN Resolution 181 (the 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine
UN Resolution 242
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_242
The PLO's phased plan:
middleeastfacts.com/plo-phased-plan.php
Children dance on Palestinian Authority TV to song mentioning Israeli cities as "Palestine"
youtube.com/watch?v=GRgxgfbGjzY
What's up with the whole declaration of a Palestinian state in September? Is it a trick to get Israel to flinch? Is it a hollow threat aimed at freaking people out? Maybe it's a smart maneuver to get the Palestinian street take arms and launch a third Intifada? Or just another part of the PLO's phased plan of 1974?... or maybe, just maybe - they actually mean it - and suddenly although everything they say to their own people points to the contrary - they really want a Palestinian state within the borders of 1967.
Well the Obama for all his faults said that the U.S. will veto any attempt to recognize a Palestinian state in the security council - this means that the only place a Palestinian state will be recognized is in the U.N.'s General Assembly using the "Uniting for Peace" resolution which allows the G.A. to declare non-binding declarations when the security council members fail to get to an understanding.
The problems of suddenly going to the U.N. are too numerous to count. First of all isn't it weird that the Palestinians will use as their grounds the two U.N. resolutions (resolution 181 and 242) that they have categorically dismissed in the past? And isn't weird that the same U.N. members that drafted those resolutions which called the sides to reach an agreement based on negotiations will suddenly endorse a side because he is unwilling to negotiate...
And what about all the open questions left un-negotiated like:
Economic Viability of "Palestine"; Gaza and Safe Passage; What Will Happen to Jewish Settlers; Terrorist Attacks and Non-State Actors; Regime Stability; Regional Shifts; Security Arrangements; Growing Power of Islam; Water Agreements; Electricity Provided By Israel; Palestinian Refugees; Border Controls and Customs; Buffer Zone; Will There Be Any More Demands; Fate of Current Joint Security Operations;
Recommended extra-curriculum:
RETHINKING THE END GAME: Improving Lives in The Middle East
youtube.com/watch?v=gD_1DcLFOeA
And a few links for further investigation:
UN Resolution 181 (the 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine
UN Resolution 242
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_242
The PLO's phased plan:
middleeastfacts.com/plo-phased-plan.php
Children dance on Palestinian Authority TV to song mentioning Israeli cities as "Palestine"
youtube.com/watch?v=GRgxgfbGjzY
