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It can also enact a complete international statehood legal system, requiring all members refrain from recognizing Israel's illegal occupation. Moreover, UN Charter Article 80(1) and others empower the General Assembly to recognize Palestinian statehood and take all necessary measures to end Israel's illegal occupation. It's high time that happened, spurning Israeli/Washington pressure to stop it by affirming status quo illegalities.
On June 8, Boyle's Countercurrents article headlined, "The Case for Palestine's UN Membership," summarizing key issues in the debate as follows:
-- "On November 15, 1988, the Palestinian National Council (PNC)....proclaimed the Palestinian Declaration of Independence that created the independent state of Palestine."
-- Today, about 130 or more nations recognize it de jure, including most European ones.
-- Only massive US pressure so far blocked it.
-- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) also recognizes a de jure independent Palestine.
-- Currently, it has UN Observer State Status excluding only the right to vote, what official September recognition will grant.
-- Only Washington's threatened Security Council veto prevents de jure membership, "which is clearly illegal because it would violate a solemn and binding pledge given" not to do so against any state seeking UN membership.
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