President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine submitted his bid for full UN membership and urged countries that do not yet recognize Palestine as an independent state to do so. Despite ongoing conflicts between Israel and Palestine that have been unresolved by US-organized peace talks, Palestine has decided to appeal to the United Nations as a means of gaining independent statehood and forgoing the peace talks. Both Israel and Palestine have differing opinions of the origins of the conflicts; Israel claims the conflicts are due to Palestine’s refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, yet Palestine says the origin of the conflicts is Israel’s refusal to stop building Jewish settlements on the countries’ borders. Other countries have offered compromises to Palestine, such as an enhanced status while still being a non-member state within the UN, a suggested from French president Nicolas Sarkozy. As of now, Palestine only have observer status in the United Nations.
Marion Gibney
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15033357
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