Palestinian Statehood and the US

          It’s assumed that the US will reject a UN vote on Palestine’s potential statehood because such a notion would be unpopular with many Americans and detrimental to our alliance with Israel. A veto would create an outcome that avoids conflict within the country and amid our allies, but in the Middle East conflict would likely heighten as has already been seen in recent events such as the attack on the Israeli Embassy. Palestine is asking for a full membership into the United Nations, or simply recognition as a non-member state, a set border and wants to return its 750,000 or more refugees home. These are major concessions, but they don’t carry any direct threat. Allowing Palestine to become a state could resolve the Israeli-Palestine conflict from their viewpoint and, in this way, be a step forward in placating Israel. If the US wasn’t an Israeli ally then it would probably allow a vote on Palestine purely because we wouldn’t have any ties to either country, which would be telling of the politics that are involved. I think there are a lot of political angles, not just associated with Israel, that are stalling Palestine’s bid for statehood.