georgephillip
Diamond Member
"With revolutionary fervor sweeping the Middle East, Israel is under mounting pressure to make a far-reaching offer to the Palestinians or face a United Nations vote welcoming the State of Palestine as a member whose territory includes all of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
"The Palestinian Authority has been steadily building support for such a resolution in September, a move that could place Israel into a diplomatic vise.
"Israel would be occupying land belonging to a fellow United Nations member, land it has controlled and settled for more than four decades and some of which it expects to keep in any two-state solution..."
"'We are facing a diplomatic-political tsunami that the majority of the public is unaware of and that will peak in September,' said Ehud Barak, Israels defense minister, at a conference in Tel Aviv last month. 'It is a very dangerous situation, one that requires action.' He added, 'Paralysis, rhetoric, inaction will deepen the isolation of Israel.'
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/world/middleeast/03mideast.html
"The Palestinian Authority has been steadily building support for such a resolution in September, a move that could place Israel into a diplomatic vise.
"Israel would be occupying land belonging to a fellow United Nations member, land it has controlled and settled for more than four decades and some of which it expects to keep in any two-state solution..."
"'We are facing a diplomatic-political tsunami that the majority of the public is unaware of and that will peak in September,' said Ehud Barak, Israels defense minister, at a conference in Tel Aviv last month. 'It is a very dangerous situation, one that requires action.' He added, 'Paralysis, rhetoric, inaction will deepen the isolation of Israel.'
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/world/middleeast/03mideast.html