What Will A U.N. Upgrade Mean For Palestinians?
At the United Nations this afternoon, the General Assembly is expected to overwhelmingly approve a resolution that would shift the status of Palestinians from that of a "non-member observer entity" to a "non-member observer state." The move will be made over the objections of Israel, the U.S. and with the likely abstention of another major power, Great Britain. What does changing one word for another do? As a non-member observer state, Palestinians would have the same status as the Vatican. And NPR's Philip Reeves reported on Morning Edition that the upgrade "makes it easier for the Palestinians to join other U.N. bodies. Controversially, that includes the International Criminal Court," where Palestinians might "launch proceedings against Israeli officials alleging war crimes or other abuses." Going to that court, of course, could further set back the already troubled Mideast peace process.
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| 0.0103462 | Philip Reeves reported on Morning Edition that the upgrade "makes it easier for the Palestinians to join other U.N. bodies. Controversially, that includes the International Criminal Court," where Palestinians might "launch proceedings against Israeli officials alleging war crimes or other abuses." |
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Changing one word for another — "entity" for "state" — will be symbolic and will give Palestinians access to such U.N. bodies as the International Criminal Court.
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