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Essays of independent analysts
Although the outcome of voting in the UN Security Council on the acceptance of Palestinian state into the Organization is not difficult to predict, given the publicly stated intention of the United States to exercise its right of veto, a broad political context of this event caused keen interest in international diplomatic and political expert communities.
Last Friday, the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, filed formal application for acceptance of Palestinian state into the UN, speaking at the session of the General Assembly urged the international community to recognize independence of Palestine on the background of negotiations with Israel being at an impasse for a year. Palestine seeks recognition of its statehood within the 1967 borders - in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with its capital in East Jerusalem.
Thus, Abbas ignored calls by the U.S., EU and Israel to refrain from unilateral diplomatic demarche, which can, according to critics, dash hopes for resumption of the peace process.
Symbolic confrontation between the two leaders, the two cultures in the General Assembly Hall, as seen by reporters, ended with a certain margin of Mahmoud Abbas, if judge by the number of the risen representatives of dozen states to a mark of respect after his speech.
Israel's position is backed by the U.S. president. In his speech before the UN General Assembly Barack Obama expressed confidence that the only path to Palestinian independence is direct negotiations between the parties, but not "decisions and resolutions of the UN"…
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