Friday, September 16, 2011

Palestine to request recognition as a nation state by the UN.

Palestine to request recognition as a nation state by the UN.

Read it all at the IHT.

Abu Daoud says: this is a big deal. A really big deal. Palestine will not get full recognition because the USA will veto that at the Security Council level. But the General Assembly will certainly give Palestine non-member status, like the Vatican has. This means that technically Palestine will have international recognition to have its own currency, secure its own borders, issue passports, and so on--none of which it presently does.

The times they are a changin'...

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