Jerusalem Report

A limited achievement

The Palestinians may have gone some of the way toward recognition as a state, but to be able to actually govern they will have to negotiate with Israel.

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Photo by: Chip East/Reuters
Like all UN General Assembly resolutions, the resolution that granted Palestine “non-member observer state status” is not binding on member states, but serves rather as a political statement; in this case a statement of support for the Palestinians and their aspiration to form a state.

It is no different in substance from scores of earlier General Assembly resolutions expressing support for the Palestinians and castigating Israel. The rights granted to the Palestinians at the UN are identical to the rights they already possessed there.

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