25 September 2011
Mahmoud Abbas was never popular with the Palestinian people. Yet his “stalwart” UN speech moved many to accept the UN bid for Palestine statehood if not purely for the initiative, then for the internationalization of the conflict as a springboard toward a so-called just solution. Read more about Mahmoud Abbas: the Second Coming
24 September 2011
The Electronic Intifada has obtained a copy of the full text of the application for UN membership for the “State of Palestine” presented yesterday by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Read more about Full text of "State of Palestine" UN application letter and documents
23 September 2011
A group of six young people in Gaza decided to voice out their view over Abbas’s pursuit of a Palestinian state in the UN. Two of the six, volunteered to videotape the discussion and the four managed to overcome their tension that encapsulated them in front of a huge camera. Read more about Young People in Gaza Discuss UN Statehood Bid
23 September 2011
Does the Palestinian Authority’s UN bid advance or undermine Palestinian rights? Ali Abunimah of The Electronic Intifada and Mouin Rabbani of the Institute for Palestine Studies and the webzine Jadaliyya discuss its merits on Democracy Now. Read more about Does UN bid advance Palestinian struggle? Ali Abunimah and Mouin Rabbani on Democracy Now!
22 September 2011
Canada is so pro-Israel that it will vote in the United Nations against recognizing a Palestinian state on only half the land that Canadian diplomats promised Palestine sixty years ago. Read more about Harper's undermining of UN bid goes against Canadian public opinion
21 September 2011
The Palestinian Authority (PA) controlled by Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah has ordered all mosques to join its campaign in support of Abbas and the PA’s bid for UN membership. Read more about Palestinian Authority orders mosques to praise Abbas, UN bid
Gaza Strip 20 September 2011
National Palestinian consensus on the Palestinian Authority’s UN statehood bid, as The Electronic Intifada’s interviews with various factions and broader debates indicate, is decidedly lacking. Read more about PA goes to UN without Palestinian consensus behind it
20 September 2011
The first ever Model UN conference in Palestine has had to be postponed due to the rising threat of violence by Israeli settlers. Read more about Mounting settler violence forces Palestinian youth to postpone first ever Model UN
19 September 2011
The complexity of the entire world seems to have crippled off my brain the day I put one leg in Brussels and the other in France. I couldn’t believe that both Gaza and France march over the very same planet. Read more about A Palestinian State like France
Jerusalem 20 September 2011
Amid reports that the Israeli military is arming and training Israeli settlers in advance of a United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood later this week, Palestinian activists in the West Bank have organized emergency response teams to document Israeli settler attacks and prevent more from taking place. Read more about Settler violence rises in West Bank; more expected before UN vote