Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI)- Innocuous or Real Threat?

Volume 4 Number 44

By Machla Abramovitz, Managing Editor | October 12, 2011 | Abbas, Mahmoud | More About: United Nations, Counterterrorism, Delegitimization

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On September 23rd., Mahmoud Abbas, after a vitriolic speech, officially submitted his application to the U.N. to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state.  Earlier that week, President Obama reiterated the U.S. position that a unilateral move is counterproductive to establishing a lasting peace.  He therefore insisted that the U.S. would exercise its right to a veto in the Security Council should   View More

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas

The Palestinians' Imaginary State

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The Palestinian Bid for Statehood: Wherein Lies the State?

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Land without peace: Why Abbas went to the U.N.

Charles Krauthammer , The Washington Post October 16, 2011 While diplomatically inconvenient for the Western powers, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s attempt to get the United Nations to unilaterally declare a Palestinian

The Grave Dangers of a Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence | J-Wire

Emanuele Ottolenghi, J-Wire August 26, 2011 The diplomatic offensive that the Palestinian Authority launched last year to persuade the United Nations to recognize Palestine as a state will come to fruition this September. Unless there is a last-minute turnaround, Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are determined to forge ahead, despite an already-announced US veto at the Security Council...writes Emanuele Ottolenghi.

Understanding the Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence

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Mahmoud Abbas' speech at the UN [part 1/3] - YouTube

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The Palestine Liberation Organization, the future State of Palestine, and the question of popular representation

GUY S. GOODWIN-GILL , BLACKSTONE CHAMBERS BLACKSTONE HOUSE August 10, 2011  I been asked for my opinion on certain issues relating to popular representation (that is, the representation of the views of the Palestinian people) which may arise incidentally