Mohmoud Abbas received continuous and general applause for his speech to the UN General Assembly, while a dozen or more men and women were seen walking out of the hall in protest. If one can judge by the response, most attendees are for Mr. Abbas and statehood.  President Obama has promised to veto any such resolution.  What are we not told about that we need to know? 

But don\’t be surprised if the USA does not veto "Palestinian Statehood" in the United Nations.  And if so, it would not mean President Obama has suddenly changed his mind and heart, only his political tactics.  He may allow a resolution that calls for statehood, but one that again ties the Palestinians to later negotiation of boundaries and details.  President Obama and Israel would both accomplish a public relations ploy that would in fact maintain the status quo.  It would not mean the Philistines will get fair play after 44 years (or more) of occupation.  

 

The problem is, Abbas does not represent a lawful government over the Palestinian people, Hamas does.  Abbas draws his paycheck from the USA aid; Hamas does not.  Abbas and the Palestine Authority (PA) are part of the US Empire;  Hamas is not.  If you accept the inescapable fact that Israel is also a part of that system, the picture clears.  But for the PA to rule, Hamas must be eliminated.

 

When Hamas won the election six years ago, observed by former President Jimmy Carter,  the U.S. and Israel,  who thought they had the election under control, and that Mohmoud Abbas and the PA would go on ruling the Philistines in the West Bank and Gaza. 

 

The U.S. allowed the ever-willing Israelis to nullify the election.  It was easy for Israel; they simply arrested most of Hamas\’s elected delegates to the Israeli Parliament who lived in the West Bank, so Hamas was not heard.  The U.S. and the UN went on supporting the losing Palestine Authority, giving it money to pay its bureaucrats and police, pretending nothing had changed. 

 

But government did change Inside little fenced-in Gaza, Hamas simply took over and formed a popular government.  It was not so easy for Israel to arrest Hamas leaders inside Gaza fences, though they did murder many.  Hamas became the official and popular movement of Gaza, and they did not let go.  

 

The US and Israel might like to get rid of Hamas by allowing Abbas to arrange a state without borders, and to maneuver the weak kneed UN to set up the PA as the new official government of the Philistines,  an unelected dictatorship with U.N. support.  The USA and Israel will come off as peacemakers!  Once this is done, you can expect Israel to imprison or kill every Hamas official they can find.  

 

Any UN resolution that does not set boundaries, or which calls for negotiated boundaries, means nothing to the Philistines.  Any UN Resolution that does not call the parties to return to the 1947 borders will fail.  The Abbas-fronted Palestinian Authority will compromise because the PLO depends on the USA and Israel for funding.

 

It is up to the United Nations to make good on what it did not finish in 1947.  Jews who have since built settlements, homes, or businesses inside the Palestinian mandate would then become Palestinian citizens with full voting rights in the new state, and visa versa.  The United nations clearly established these borders with Resolution #181.   This plan for peace was outlined in Andrew J Hurley\’s masterful 1990  classic, Holocaust II, Saving Israel From Suicide, which was republished by this author as "One Nation Under Israel, which is still in print.

 

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181  (1947) 

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_181

oslo accord

http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1991to_now_oslo_accords.php