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Those living in Israel and Jordan have dual nationalities. Occupied Territory residents remain protected persons until a final peace agreement is reached.
If a new Palestinian state consisted of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza in their entirety (22% of original Palestine), a two-state solution would work.
Over half a million Israelis live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. They're not leaving. Israel controls most of the land. It won't relinquish it.
The only solution is one state comprised of Israel and the Territories. At this time, nothing else will work.
PA leaders call current conditions unsustainable. They right. They identified the problem, not the solution. "The international community and Palestinians together need to exercise all possible efforts to preserve the viability of the two-state solution - or consider the alternatives," they say.
How? They're right saying "the only viable solution".is bringing an end to Israel's (45 year) occupation." They stop short of a viable way to do it.
Abbas won't seek full UN membership. He talks the talk but doesn't walk it. He's a traitor and a fraud. He's more for Israel than Palestine. He'll accept less than what Palestinians have deserved for decades.
He's comfortable with defeat, not victory. Full UN membership is dependent solely on the General Assembly, not the Security Council. It's irrelevant. It can't prevent membership if Abbas seeks it.
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