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Rumors and speculation are flying about a possible bid by the Palestinians to go directly to the UN to have Palestine declared a state.\u00a0 In order to do this, a petition must be turned in by July 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n

President Obama\u00a0has stated he is\u00a0against such an action because it is “unilateral” and by-passes the US peace negotiations.\u00a0 Even the talk of this has led to several congressional leaders threatening to defund the UN if they vote for a Palestinian state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Palestinians claim that the US-backed peace process has only led to a more than doubling of the illegal Israeli settlement population and an entrenchment of the colonialization of the West Bank, which is against international law and countless UN resolutions.\u00a0 They find it ironic that\u00a0these new “realities on the ground” – huge, sprawling settlement blocs – are now Israel’s starting point from which to start negotiations rather than the 1967 Green Line, which\u00a0international law would suggest.\u00a0 They also find it ironic that an appeal to the most multilateral organization on earth would be labeled unilateral.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Israelis want\u00a0any peace to\u00a0come through\u00a0negotiations.\u00a0\u00a0Prime Minister Netanyahu claims\u00a0that the real roadblock to peace is that\u00a0Palestinians won’t recognize Israel as\u00a0Jewish state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rumors and speculation are flying about a possible bid by the Palestinians to go directly to the UN to have Palestine declared a state.\u00a0 In order to do this, a petition must be turned in by July 15.\u00a0 President Obama\u00a0has stated he is\u00a0against such an action because it is “unilateral” and by-passes the US peace […]<\/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":[8062,1225],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis","category-peace-process","tag-statehood","tag-un"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBBC offers questions and answers about call for Palestinian statehood through the UN - 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=\"BBC offers questions and answers about call for Palestinian statehood through the UN - 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