Israeli - Palestinian conflict

I was really surprised to read in the "Beyond Cairo, Israel Sensing a Wider siege" by Ethan Bronner, that some of Israel's few allies were creating tension at an inconvenient time. In Egypt, the rioters in Cairo ransacked the Israeli embassy. This clearly created tense relations between Israel and Egypt. It seemed harsh, that president Mubarak responded to the concern of the stability of Egypt by introducing detention trials for similar issues in the future. I am curious to see if he will actually hold his pledge. A week ago, Israel’s ambassador for Turkey was kicked out over a “refusal to apologize for a deadly raid last year on a Turkish ship bound for Gaza in which nine Turks were killed”. These conflicts will only complicate the issues for Israel with Palestine

The article, “In Seeking Statehood, Palestinians Stir Concern”, by Ethan Bronner broke down the process of Palestine trying to gain entry into the United Nations. Even if the UN does veto Palestine from becoming a full member, the article expressed a very good chance of them being able to join as an observer state. This is, because the United Nations contains a “pro-Palestinian majority”. Palestine as an observer state would only stir up conflicts more with the International criminal court and the court of justice. The article talked about them possibly using the international courts to bring up land mass disputes. Ethan Bronner states, “Palestinians would be entitled to bring cases against Israeli officials, perhaps for actions related to the building West Bank settlements viewed as illegal”. I believe as many others do, that the enrollment of Palestine into the UN will not put an end to the conflicts.