UN nod to Palestinian state won’t ensure independence
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JERUSALEM — If the Palestinian bid to secure UN membership is successful, it could strengthen their ability to fight for independence through UN bodies, international conventions and the courts, analysts say.
But it would have little practical impact in ending the Israeli occupation or letting Palestinians exercise sovereignty over lands they want for their future state, experts warn.
“Once we have a clear resolution that allocates the land of Palestine to its rightful people and speaks about the exact borders of this land, the whole dynamics will change. We will shift to a completely different level,” PLO official Ammar Hijazi told AFP.
“When you stand as a state before another state, it will allow you to use different mechanisms that were not available to you before,” he said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110916com3.html
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