Palestinians: We will seek full UN membership on September 23

[oberliner]

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said the Palestinians will submit a bid for full membership at the UN Security Council on September 23.

The remarks by al-Malki put an end to speculation that the Palestinians might avoid a showdown with the United States by sidestepping the Security Council and going directly to the UN General Assembly to seek a lesser status of a non-member observer.

The U.S. does not wield veto power in the General Assembly, and a Palestinian bid there would be expected to win majority approval.

The Palestinians will likely still end up at the General Assembly with scaled-back ambitions, however, if the U.S. exercises its veto power in the Security Council as expected.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinians-we-will-seek-full-un-membership-on-september-23-1.384639

[holdencaufield]

1. It's too bad Arafat isn't alive...

... he could mosey into the GA with a six-gun on his hip like he did in '74. It would make a great photo op. Does Abbas own a pearl-handled revolver of some kind?

[JoDog]

2. I'm sure he will come up with something

Maybe a sporty vest or belt that will look absolutely "dynamite" on him! ;)