Declaring a Palestinian State, Yet Again -Daniel Pipes
By my count, this is the fourth Palestinian push to declare a state.
On Oct. 1, 1948, Amin al-Husayni, the mufti of Jerusalem, stood before the Palestine National Council in Gaza and declared the existence of the All-Palestine Government.
On Nov. 15, 1988, again before a meeting of the Palestine National Council, Yassir Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), declared the existence of a State of Palestine.
Arafat later insisted he would declare a Palestinian state on May 4, 1999.
And now September 2011.
(DanielPipes.org)
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September Surprises -Reuven Berko
The declaration will not change the reality on the ground. Palestinians know that if Abbas takes unilateral measures against Israel, Israel will respond with tough measures of its own, including economic ones. Palestinians realize that a unilateral declaration of statehood would release Israel from the Oslo Agreements and would also release Israel from cooperating with the Palestinians on numerous issues.
Will the Palestinian Authority try to set the region alight? Palestinian officials are well aware of the Islamic devil waiting in the wings for its opportunity to take over the West Bank, just as it did Gaza. They are not anxious to commit collective suicide through a third intifada that could quickly spiral out of control.
(Israel Hayom)
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Hopefully the Palestinians are cognizant of the risks. If they act with the belief that somehow the world will join in and help, they may be unhappy to find Hamas with a heightened role and their entire way of life walled off and embargoed.
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