Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to officially submit a
statehood request to the United Nations in defiance of U.S. and Israeli
threats. A new joint Israeli-Palestinian poll shows the Obama
administration’s stance on Palestinian recognition at the United Nations
is more extreme than that of a strong majority of Israeli citizens,
with 69 percent of Israelis saying their government should accept U.N.
recognition of an independent Palestinian state. The survey also found
83 percent of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories support the bid.
While supporters have hailed the bid as a step forward in the struggle
to end the Israeli occupation and bring peace to the Middle East,
critics call it a ploy by the Palestinian Authority to cling to power
while undermining the rights of Palestinian refugees. We host a debate
with two leading Palestinian analysts: Ali Abunimah, co-founder of the
website The Electronic Intifada and author of "One Country: A Bold
Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse," and Mouin Rabbani of
the Institute for Palestine Studies and the webzine Jadaliyya.Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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