U.S., Israel work to block unilateral Palestinian statehood drive at U.N.
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(Worthy News) – The United States and Israel are working to block a renewed Palestinian Authority drive to become a member state of the United Nations.
The move would effectively hand the Palestinians unilateral statehood recognition outside the context of any final status agreement with Israel.
Under past peace initiatives, including the Oslo Accord, Palestinian statehood recognition was expected to be granted at the conclusion of a peace process with Israel. [ Source: Jerusalem Post (Read More…) ]
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