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Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's Executive Committee, reacts to Obama\/Merkel statement.<\/p><\/div>\n

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has stated\u00a0that if there is not sufficient progress in negotiations, the Palestinians plan to pursue recognition of Palestinian statehood in the United Nations this September.\u00a0 The US has stated their opposition to this, and yesterday, President Obama and German Chancellor Andrea Merkel made a joint statement urging the Palestinians to stop that process because it was “unilateral.”<\/p>\n

Palestinian Liberation\u00a0Organization Executive Committee member\u00a0Dr. Hanan Ashrawi disagreed,\u00a0stating:<\/p>\n

“Far from acting unilaterally, Palestinians are bringing their case for statehood before the United Nations, the world\u2019s preeminent multilateral body. Self-determination and respect for the sovereignty of nations are principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter, making the UN a natural forum to resolve this issue.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“You do not leave an occupied people at the mercy of those who occupy them and who act unilaterally in violation of international law by continuing to demolish homes, annex land, build settlements, erect apartheid walls and revoke IDs.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

“On the contrary, come September, we expect President Obama and Chancellor Merkel to support the involvement of the United Nations as a positive step forward in efforts to secure regional peace and safeguard stability, and to recognize that the greatest threat to regional peace and security is Israel\u2019s refusal to respect Palestinian rights and international law.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Read article<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, pressure is building in the US to avert this bid for Palestinian statehood via the UN.\u00a0 One bill being debated would withdraw funding from the\u00a0UN\u00a0if it recognizes a Palestinian state.\u00a0 Read more<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Read bill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has stated\u00a0that if there is not sufficient progress in negotiations, the Palestinians plan to pursue recognition of Palestinian statehood in the United Nations this September.\u00a0 The US has stated their opposition to this, and yesterday, President Obama and German Chancellor Andrea Merkel made a joint statement urging the Palestinians to stop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8040,7684],"tags":[8064,8062,1225],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis","category-peace-process","tag-ashrawi","tag-statehood","tag-un"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUnilateral is in the Eye of the Beholder - SUMUD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Unilateral is in the Eye of the Beholder - 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