Well, isn't this just wonderful. The PA -- the supposedly nicer, more reasonable faction of the two (or is it three) entities that represent Palestinians has taken the following action:
It has said it will go for full membership at the UN next week, forcing the US to veto the proposal at the Security Council, and suffer the ire of the majority of the world. Okay, that's fair politics. But today the PLO took the next step.
The PLO is now threatening the US that if they veto, they can kiss the possibility of a "two-state" solution good-bye. The PLO says it may even consider dismantling the PA and allowing its more radical counter-part, Hamas, to take over. Hamas wants to eliminate Israel and have the Palestinians take over all the land the Israelis now occupy. The stakes keep getting higher.
And by the way, in case you missed the intricacies of the difficulty the U.S. and Obama in particular are in, the PLO now says the very reason they are going to the U.N. is because "Obama, in his last speech to the UN in 2010, talked about the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state within one year."
The PA's Abbas efforts to reach an agreement through negotiations have hit a dead end, blaming Israel of course for stubbornness. Abbas insists the long-term plan is to have a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. He agrees that the PLO will continue to be the official representative of all the Palestinians in the meantime.
Palestinians are being called to the streets for a major protest on September 21 (Wednesday), but also to avoid violence in order to not give the Israelis "any excuses to ignite the region" -- nice shifting of blame, isn't it? Obama has done more than inspire them, he seems to have taught them some great propaganda tactics. Or, wait, maybe he learned them from them.
Finally, the PLO intends to insure all Palestinian refugees have the "right of return" to their original homes inside Israel. (Of course, no mention of the Jews that have been moved from their original homes as Israel ceded more and more land over the decades of negotiations.)
Now you know my perspective, but please do read the write-up directly. Then let us know your views. Clearly hundreds have commented on the link itself after the article. What we need to watch for is exactly how the U.S. and the POTUS will handle this situation. The minute hand depicting the timing of the "end of the world" clock is possibly considering a slight move, depending on what happens next week.
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It has said it will go for full membership at the UN next week, forcing the US to veto the proposal at the Security Council, and suffer the ire of the majority of the world. Okay, that's fair politics. But today the PLO took the next step.
The PLO is now threatening the US that if they veto, they can kiss the possibility of a "two-state" solution good-bye. The PLO says it may even consider dismantling the PA and allowing its more radical counter-part, Hamas, to take over. Hamas wants to eliminate Israel and have the Palestinians take over all the land the Israelis now occupy. The stakes keep getting higher.
And by the way, in case you missed the intricacies of the difficulty the U.S. and Obama in particular are in, the PLO now says the very reason they are going to the U.N. is because "Obama, in his last speech to the UN in 2010, talked about the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state within one year."
The PA's Abbas efforts to reach an agreement through negotiations have hit a dead end, blaming Israel of course for stubbornness. Abbas insists the long-term plan is to have a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. He agrees that the PLO will continue to be the official representative of all the Palestinians in the meantime.
Palestinians are being called to the streets for a major protest on September 21 (Wednesday), but also to avoid violence in order to not give the Israelis "any excuses to ignite the region" -- nice shifting of blame, isn't it? Obama has done more than inspire them, he seems to have taught them some great propaganda tactics. Or, wait, maybe he learned them from them.
Finally, the PLO intends to insure all Palestinian refugees have the "right of return" to their original homes inside Israel. (Of course, no mention of the Jews that have been moved from their original homes as Israel ceded more and more land over the decades of negotiations.)
Now you know my perspective, but please do read the write-up directly. Then let us know your views. Clearly hundreds have commented on the link itself after the article. What we need to watch for is exactly how the U.S. and the POTUS will handle this situation. The minute hand depicting the timing of the "end of the world" clock is possibly considering a slight move, depending on what happens next week.
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