Pro-Israel groups play "catch-up" against Palestinian efforts working to set the stage for a potential UNGA resolution to establish Palestinian state.
NEW YORK – As spring buds begin to open on trees, most conversations with those concerned with the issue of Palestinian unilateralism turn to September, when members of the UN General Assembly will gather in New York and may – just may – consider a resolution to establish a Palestinian state.
Sources say that there is no text of such a resolution being floated around, to their knowledge, but that the Palestinians are working ardently at “getting their ducks in a row” in and around the United Nations, and pro-Israel groups are only just starting to summon up similar efforts.
“The Jewish community was slow to recognize the threat of this Palestinian unilateralism, but in the last few weeks has woken up and begun to mobilize,” The Israel Project’s Alan Elsner said. “Several organizations are active and others are becoming active. The problem is the objective fact that Israel is rather isolated right now in the UN.”
Support for a GA resolution, many said, would depend on its wording.
“If they decide to go for an explicit statement that a Palestinian state should be established at the armistice line with pre-’67 borders – in other words, reverting to the situation it was in June 1967 with Jerusalem divided – then there might be more hesitation on the part of other countries to support it,” Elsner said. “If they add to that also a statement about right of return, there might be even less support for that. But none of these are a given.”
Sources said that while Israel does have many supporters, what is often raised in discussions with diplomats about September is that Israel needs to do something about settlements.
“The only way Israel can avoid this is by [Prime Minister] Netanyahu coming out with some kind of initiative, new ideas, or something that can reignite the discussion – something that can give the US and the Quartet something to work with to get thePalestinians back to the table,” an official from a US Jewish organization said. “If they decide not to do anything like that, there’s very little anyone can do to stave off what’s going to happen here in September.”
Key to staving off unilateralism will be Britain, France and Germany, which will guide the hand of the rest of the EU. Unfortunately, some sources said, many in the diplomatic community want to see Netanyahu receive a degree of comeuppance.
“Everyone accepts that the Palestinians are not going to gain admission to the UN immediately as full members, and that they won’t have a state the day after this happens, but there is a real interest in giving Netanyahu a serious diplomatic and symbolic black eye,” one source said.
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Dear friends and members,
I am ashamed to announce that less than 6000 people signed this petition.
Jordan was part of the British Mandate for Palestine and also part of the Ottoman Palestine. It was all part of the same region, but it was never a country. Even if you think to yourself, "This will never work! The Arabs will never agree to this. This can never happen because the Arabs will not agree to move to Jordan", what is there to lose if more people signed?
Would you prefer it if the Arabs acquired the land they demand from Israel? I urge you to think about this and become part of this movement.
Here is another chance for you to sign this petition now.
Thank you very much,
Michelle
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Please sign this petition from Knesset Minister Dr. Aryeh Eldad, and forward it to all your friends, urging Jordanian King Abdullah to declare Jordan as the new Palestinian State and Homeland.
The New 'Road Map' for Peace starts Now!
Larry Kosberg
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As you well know, we are encouraging people to sign this petition so we can declare Jordan the new Palestinian State.
Please read the petition below. If you agree with this petition, please sign and pass it on. Please let people know about this petition.
Israel is constantly being pressured to allow a Palestinian State to exist. In response, we are now pressuring Jordan's King Abdullah to declare Jordan the Palestinian homeland. 80% of Jordanians are so-called "Palestinians". We propose that the rest may join them. Remember, Jordan was part of the British Mandate for Palestine and also part of the Ottoman State of Palestine. That being a fact, why pressure Israel? Why not pressure Jordan?
Who are the real racists? As a democratic state, Muslims and Christians live in Israel and have every democratic right. In contrast, Jordan is predominantly Muslim and Jews are not allowed to live there. Therefore, let the Jordanian-Palestine State be for Muslims, and let Israel be for Jews and Israeli-Arabs. Please watch the video below to find out about the history of this region and why Jordan is Palestine.
Now is the time to stand in support of the state of Israel and to create peace in this region. Let us join in this effort to create a Jordanian-Palestinian State for all regional Arabs. They will never again be able to say that they do not have a state of their own.
Most importantly, after you have signed, please be sure to forward this message to your list and keep this trend going so we may have a significant number of signatures.
Michelle Cohen
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The Government of Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu are under pressure to accept and implement "the two states solution" which means a creation of a Palestinian State in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.It was the late Prime Minister Rabin who wrote :"A Palestinian State can be created only on the ruins of the State of Israel". We are concerned that the only political plan to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - is the plan that endangers the very existence of Israel.Prof. Aryeh Eldad, M.D.(For a detailed biography on Prof. Eldad, please click here.)
The declaration is as follows:
To His Majesty
The King of Jordan
King Abdullah the Second
&
The Government and Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Presented this Date, the 25th of May 2011
The 65th Independence Day of the Kingdom of Jordan
As the cries for democracy reach us from Tunis, Egypt, and all around the Arab world, we call upon the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to declare itself the democratic nation state of the Palestinian people.
80% of the population of Jordan are disenfranchised Palestinians. This declarative step would correct that injustice and provide the foundation for a just, comprehensive and lasting peace between the Jewish and Arab peoples.
The late Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin wrote: "A Palestinian State can be created only on the ruins of the State of Israel".
That needn’t be the case. That shouldn’t be the case.
Let Jordan be democratic and free, and let the Palestinian people accept upon themselves the full mantle and responsibility of democratic statehood in Jordan - without the destruction or diminishment of the state of Israel and without the physical transfer of any population, neither Jew nor Arab.
We the undersigned, citizens of the world, representatives of hundreds of thousands around the world, ask the Government of Jordan and King Abdullah the Second, to proclaim the Hashemite Kingdom the democratic nation state of the Palestinians, and with this symbolic and declarative step, make a decisive contribution to Middle East and world peace.
We remind you of the brave words of your father:
“I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come.” - King Hussein I of Jordan
