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The UN Statehood Charade


(New York Post) Benny Avni - A General Assembly vote for statehood would be a small step forward for Palestinians. But so was a similar 1988 vote, when the assembly endorsed Yasser Arafat's declaration of a "Palestinian state" (110 members voted for the resolution, with only Israel and America opposed). Yet nobody remembers that "historic" vote. The 1988 UN vote changed the name of the Palestinian UN Observer Mission from "PLO" to "Palestine" - but legally, it changed nothing. Neither will the vote this fall.
2011-06-02 00:00:00
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