" Opinion The truth about Palestine: Why UN recognition matters
Randa Abdel-Fattah ABC Religion and Ethics 29 Nov 2012
Israel and her allies know that giving Palestine UN non-member observer status will have no impact on the ground. Their opposition is about ensuring that Israel remains immune to legal accountability.
Israel and her allies know that giving Palestine UN non-member observer status will have no impact on the ground. Their opposition is about ensuring that Israel remains immune to legal accountability. Credit: Reuters
Two-state, one-state, "peace process," "path to peace" - whatever words one chooses to use, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about one very simple thing: dispossession. It is about a population of newcomers taking the land, homes and possessions of the indigenous Palestinian people and expelling them. That is the essence of the conflict.... "
