Map of future Palestinian state distributed at UN
The Palestinian Authority's ambassador to Lebanon has vowed that Palestinian refugees WILL NOT be allowed to return to any Palestinian state that might be established. In an interview with the Lebanese Daily Star:
"The ambassador unequivocally says that Palestinian refugees would not become citizens of the sought for U.N.-recognized Palestinian state…This would not only apply to refugees in countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Jordan or the other 132 countries where Abdullah says Palestinians reside. Abdullah said that “even Palestinian refugees who are living in [refugee camps] inside the [Palestinian] state, they are still refugees. They will not be considered citizens.”
Abdullah said that the new Palestinian state would “absolutely not” be issuing Palestinian passports to refugees…
“When we have a state accepted as a member of the United Nations, this is not the end of the conflict. This is not a solution to the conflict. This is only a new framework that will change the rules of the game.”
"The ambassador unequivocally says that Palestinian refugees would not become citizens of the sought for U.N.-recognized Palestinian state…This would not only apply to refugees in countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Jordan or the other 132 countries where Abdullah says Palestinians reside. Abdullah said that “even Palestinian refugees who are living in [refugee camps] inside the [Palestinian] state, they are still refugees. They will not be considered citizens.”
Abdullah said that the new Palestinian state would “absolutely not” be issuing Palestinian passports to refugees…
“When we have a state accepted as a member of the United Nations, this is not the end of the conflict. This is not a solution to the conflict. This is only a new framework that will change the rules of the game.”
Palestinian Bid for Statehood in the UN
Agreements should be respected.
They certainly should be respected in the United Nations.
In September the Palestinian Authority (PA) is expected to violate its agreements with Israel and all the international frameworks for Mideast peace by seeking premature recognition of a Palestinian state in the UN.
Israel remains dedicated to direct negotiations as the only method of resolving the conflict.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority has long abandoned peace negotiations.
Instead, the Palestinian leadership has embarked on the path of unilateral action, preferring to attempt to force their will on Israel through international pressure.
It has long been the dream of the Palestinians to bypass a negotiated settlement, bypass the need for necessary compromises through the application of international coercion on Israel.
A unilateral declaration
a) harms true peace, challenging the most basic principles of Mideast peacemaking.
b) undermines all internationally accepted frameworks for peace, including UN Security Council Resolutions 242, 338, 1850 and the Roadmap for peace. All call for a mutually-negotiated and agreed resolution of the conflict. All reject unilateral actions.
c) violates existing bilateral Palestinian-Israeli peace agreements.
d) will do nothing to solve the conflict.
e) will intensify rather than end the conflict.
f) will eliminate incentives for the Palestinians to negotiate and compromise.
g) will not settle any of the key permanent status issues, such as borders, Jerusalem and refugees.
h) will ignore Israel's legitimate concerns, especially regarding security issues.
i) will allow the Palestinians to continue to avoid taking the important step of mutual recognition, which includes Israel's right to exist as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Recognition of Palestinian statehood at this time is an untenable move because
a) the Palestinian Authority currently fails to meet the established legal tests for statehood.
b) the PA does not pass the test of effective government.
c) the PA does not rule the territory in question. According to existing agreements, the PA exercises varying degrees of control only over relatively small areas of the West Bank.
d) the PA does not have effective control over the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, despite the recent attempts at reconciliation among Palestinian factions.
Recognition at this time would constitute recognition of a terrorist entity.
Premature recognition of a Palestinian state would render the negotiating process and the ideals of compromise and dialogue meaningless.
All who desire true peace in this region should reject Palestinian efforts to act unilaterally and forsake the negotiating process.
Only through direct negotiations can a lasting peace agreement be reached.
They certainly should be respected in the United Nations.
In September the Palestinian Authority (PA) is expected to violate its agreements with Israel and all the international frameworks for Mideast peace by seeking premature recognition of a Palestinian state in the UN.
Israel remains dedicated to direct negotiations as the only method of resolving the conflict.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority has long abandoned peace negotiations.
Instead, the Palestinian leadership has embarked on the path of unilateral action, preferring to attempt to force their will on Israel through international pressure.
It has long been the dream of the Palestinians to bypass a negotiated settlement, bypass the need for necessary compromises through the application of international coercion on Israel.
A unilateral declaration
a) harms true peace, challenging the most basic principles of Mideast peacemaking.
b) undermines all internationally accepted frameworks for peace, including UN Security Council Resolutions 242, 338, 1850 and the Roadmap for peace. All call for a mutually-negotiated and agreed resolution of the conflict. All reject unilateral actions.
c) violates existing bilateral Palestinian-Israeli peace agreements.
d) will do nothing to solve the conflict.
e) will intensify rather than end the conflict.
f) will eliminate incentives for the Palestinians to negotiate and compromise.
g) will not settle any of the key permanent status issues, such as borders, Jerusalem and refugees.
h) will ignore Israel's legitimate concerns, especially regarding security issues.
i) will allow the Palestinians to continue to avoid taking the important step of mutual recognition, which includes Israel's right to exist as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Recognition of Palestinian statehood at this time is an untenable move because
a) the Palestinian Authority currently fails to meet the established legal tests for statehood.
b) the PA does not pass the test of effective government.
c) the PA does not rule the territory in question. According to existing agreements, the PA exercises varying degrees of control only over relatively small areas of the West Bank.
d) the PA does not have effective control over the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, despite the recent attempts at reconciliation among Palestinian factions.
Recognition at this time would constitute recognition of a terrorist entity.
Premature recognition of a Palestinian state would render the negotiating process and the ideals of compromise and dialogue meaningless.
All who desire true peace in this region should reject Palestinian efforts to act unilaterally and forsake the negotiating process.
Only through direct negotiations can a lasting peace agreement be reached.
