Wednesday, September 28, 2011

What should the U.S. do about Palestinian statehood?

The U.S. is going to play a big role in deciding whether or not Palestine gets statehood or not. The U.S is one of the five permanent leaders of the United Nations Security Council. All 15 of the committee members need to agree that they want to vote on it before it can be voted on. The U.S. isn't going to agree to a Palestinian state because the U.S. supports Israel, and the last thing Israel wants is for Palestine to gain independence. The U.S. doesn't want to ruin the alliance they have with Israel because they have nuclear weapons and could do something drastic with them if they don't get what they want. If Palestine gained statehood Israel would be more inclined to attack Arab nations such as Jordan or Iran. Second of all, there are several Jewish people that are of high rank in the political world of the United States. Palestine gaining statehood would make Jewish citizens in U.S. feel isolated, because their fellow Israelis would be experiencing isolation as well. Another reason the U.S. wouldn't want Palestine to gain statehood is because they lack everything a nation needs to function properly, "They lack everything from internationally defined borders to functioning institutions" (The Week pg:4). Palestine might have a leader, but Mahmoud Abbas only has control of half of Palestine's territory, while the other half is controlled by Hamas terrorist. Mahmoud Abbas was also was a former terrorist himself (expired two years ago). It looks to me as though all of Palestine has relations to some sort of terrorist organization. Palestine gaining statehood could potentially lead to a terrorist state where they would all be able to congregate and plan mass destruction to all their opponents.

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