Of the 193 UN members, 122 already recognize Palestinian statehood. Israel has diplomatic relations with 156 states.
The Palestinians have rightly lost faith in the leaders of the West to be honest brokers for justice that could bring peace, and the showdown on 20 September at the UN-the body that partitioned the land and thus is very responsible for the ongoing disaster is the very body that must intervene.
Recognition of a Palestinian state in the UN will not end the military occupation, but it will gain virtual citizenship, a passport and sovereignty, legal protection against violence by Israeli settlers, the right to fight back in self-defense if attacked and potential backing for their claims from international tribunals such as the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.
" The
age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age
calls for a different kind of leadership. A leadership of intellect, judgment,
tolerance and rationality, a leadership committed to human values, to world
peace, and to the improvement of the human condition. The attributes upon which
we must draw are the human attributes of compassion and common sense, of
intellect and creative imagination, and of empathy and understanding between
cultures." --William Fulbright
This Citizen of
CONSCIENCE for House of Representatives 2012 is in solidarity with that!
1. http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=233871
2. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=238144
3. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs , Page 43, Jan/Feb. 2007
4. BEYOND NUCLEAR: Mordechai Vanunu's FREEDOM of SPEECH Trial and My Life as a Muckraker: 2005-2010
5. Washington Report on Middle
East Affairs, March 2010, page 35
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