There's been some quiet rumblings within the Israeli Government that Obama and the Palestinian government are quietly arranging to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state and with affirmation within the security council.
Obama and Palestinian Statehood
I'm thinking a bit more strategically on this. I don't think Obama will necessarily do this, but this will hang over Netanyahu like the proverbial sword of damocles to motivate him to focus on the Peace process. This is akin to the EPA with its power over a recalcitrant Senate for Climate Change. And you know what? This may work.
Concerns are growing in Israel's government over the possibility of a unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence within the 1967 borders, a move which could potentially be recognized by the United Nations Security Council.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently asked the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama to veto any such proposal, after reports reached Jerusalem of support for such a declaration from major European Union countries, and apparently also certain U.S. officials.
The reports indicated that Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has reached a secret understanding with the Obama administration over U.S. recognition of an independent Palestinian state. Such recognition would likely transform any Israeli presence across the Green Line, even in Jerusalem, into an illegal incursion to which the Palestinians would be entitled to engage in measures of self-defense.
Cheers for Possible Peace? I hope this is true