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A Friend of Israel Must Vote No to Palestinian State
(The Australian) Greg Sheridan - Australia should vote no to any resolution for Palestinian statehood that is brought to the UN General Assembly. An abstention would be a dishonorable act of cowardice that could be read only as appeasement to curry favor with the Arab and African blocs in support of Australia's bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. In reality, the UN moves are part of the ugly demonizing of Israel. They continue the wholly distorted picture that the only obstacle to peace is Israeli intransigence. That is just plainly untrue. Previous UN resolutions say that final borders between Israel and a Palestinian state should be negotiated. Absent real peace, the 1967 borders put Palestinian rockets within a few short kilometers of Tel Aviv airport. The security dangers are immense, and obvious. All the demands are made of Israel and none, in effect, of the Palestinians.