PA Will Not Ask For UN Membership

By Micah Halpern

I've Been Thinking:

An Associated Press report from Teheran yesterday said that the Palestinians had withdrawn their bid for a change of status at the United Nations, a bid they were scheduled to make in September at the UN General Assembly.

The appeal was to be part of Palestinian President Abbas' speech and then the plan was for the Secretary General to bring the issue to a vote.

The Palestinians certainly have the votes they would need in the General Assembly to change their status to "non member state." Last year Palestinian leadership attempted to get full membership through the Security Council and failed, this year they were trying a no-fail method.

According to AP the announcement was made by Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Malki during a press conference at the Non-Aligned Movement meeting taking place in Iran.

The assumption is that the Palestinians need to wait until after the US presidential election because a move changing the PA status could have an impact on the US presidential elections and impact the future of the Palestinian statehood.

I think they are wrong. I do not think what happens to the Palestinians will impact the US election, I think they are giving themselves more worth than does the American voting public.

But right or wrong, this decision points clearly and unequivocally to the fact that the Palestinians are squarely in the Obama camp.

Micah@MicahHalpern.com 

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