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Palestinian UN Statehood Bid Is Broadway Theater


(Fox News) John Bolton - This is neither the first time, nor undoubtedly the last, that Palestinian leaders have succumbed to the delusion that Middle Eastern reality can be changed by irrelevant UN activity. This is more Broadway theater than a serious effort to achieve Middle East peace. The only practical result of the General Assembly declaring "Palestine" a state will be to move its chair a few feet from its present location to be next to the Vatican, the only other "observer state." This is nothing to get excited about. While so many typically insist that Israel should offer concessions to the PA to forestall any UN vote, in fact, General Assembly resolutions are not binding on anyone. The writer, a former U.S. ambassador to the UN, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
2011-09-21 00:00:00
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