The UK Takes a Powder on Palestine

British Foreign Secretary William Hague says that the UK will abstain at the Security Council on the Palestinian Authority's request for recognition as a state. France has previously said the same. The British action won't alter the outcome: the US will veto the measure, quashing it as a …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday November 9, 2011

The UN Statehood Vote's Real Downside

Israel's worried about the UN vote on Palestinian statehood. But the real danger could be acceptance of the "right of return" and a whitewashing of Hamas' crimes. A specter is haunting Israel.  As the Palestinian Authority is threatening to declare statehood in September with UN recognition, …

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Written by Emmanuel Navon on Tuesday May 3, 2011