statehood – The Laws of Rule

Palestine at the UN – A Stately Pause?

Posted on 18/11/201120/11/2011 by markbtaylor

The diplomatic silence in New York is deafening. After conceding the defeat last week of their attempt to get the Security Council to grant Palestine full membership status at the United Nations, the Palestinian delegation is apparently…well, what are they doing? Since it was apparent from the start that the Security Council was a long…

Countdown to the Day After

Posted on 28/09/201110/03/2012 by markbtaylor

As the UN Security Council meets behind closed doors today to consider the Palestinian application for UN membership, Mouin Rabbani argues Palestinians should use the UN bid to internationalize attempts to resolve the conflict. On Israel-Palestine, President Obama’s address to the United Nations General Assembly left room for neither doubt nor ambiguity. Simply stated, Washington…