Palestinian membership in UNESCO hardly matters, and membership in the UN implies concession of 80% of the Palestinian territories to Israel. What is important, however, is that the U.S.'s hand has been forced. When the Palestinian application for full membership comes to the UN Security Council next month, the U.S. will certainly try to scuttle this membership behind the scenes and, failing this, will veto the application outright. In doing so, the U.S. will lose all credibility in future Palestine-Israel negotiations. |
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Dady Chery grew up at the heart of an extended working-class family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She emigrated to New York when she was fourteen and since then has traveled throughout the world and lived in Europe and several North American cities. She (
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