Clinching the Statehood unilaterally

The Mid-East “peace process” continues to drag endlessly for decades. A bitter sense of desperation has already overtaken the prolonged frustration of Palestinians over non-realization of statehood for their territories. They have now begun to think radically for a unilateral declaration of a state of Palestine and seek recognition by the UN.


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbbas thus disappointed over this has already declared on November 5,2009 that he would not seek re-election in general and presidential polls due in January next year. Likewise chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat recently declared in Ramallah “We have reached a decision to go to the United Nations Security Council to ask for recognition of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital and with June 1967 borders” adding “We are going to seek support from European Union countries and Russia and other countries.”

Commenting in a similar vein, Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad said “I know some people are concerned that this is unilateral but it seems to me that it is unilateral in a healthy sense of self development”. Elucidating further he remarked that it was the responsibility of Palestinian Authority to lay the ground work of statehood while it is upto Palestinian Liberation Organization to actually declare the state when conditions are right.

Hawkish Israeli Premier Netanyahu though issuing a stern warning of Israeli one-sided response to such a move simultaneously emphasized that path to peace was at the negotiation table adding negotiations must begin “ at once and in good faith”.But at the same time he remains unrelenting to a Palestinian demand to freeze all construction activity in the West Bank as a pre–condition to kick start stalled peace process.


The confrontation that thus persists can get worse any time. Israel’s ‘War Crimes’ in Gaza are already with the UN,four million people living in the West Bank and Gaza strip are to this day deprived of their most basic human rights.Jewish settlements expansion in East Jerusalem continues unabted in spite of US “dismay”.Such confrontational situations can anytime degenerate into armed struggle deteriorating further into a war over unilateral declaration of statehood. US, being already tied with uneasy situations in Afghanistan,Pakistan and Iraq,must effectively prevail over Israel to implement the ‘peace process’ urgently for creation of the state of Palestine.


Memories of Nazis’ atrocities though deeply etched on the Jewish psyche, do not appear to stir their feelings and enlighten their vision to live in harmony with others especially in their neighbourhood.