Parallel reality of the Palestinian resolutions in the U.N.

"Why is it that the Israeli-Palestinian issue has been filling the UN's agenda practically since its very inception? One brief and simple answer to that query could be that it is all due to the fact that more than 70 years ago, the Arab states rejected the UN General Assembly's Partition Plan. If adopted, it would have laid down conditions for creating two states – a Jewish and an Arab one – in the territory of the former British Mandate.

Simple answers, however, are completely out of this discourse. Rather the opposite: the ever-changing global reality and the power play within the UN, as well as hundreds of various resolutions, have gradually formed something, which we might call a 'parallel reality' – such as has very little to do with the reality on the ground.

For many years, we have been watching the same crazy show staged at the UN General Assembly every fall – the debate on the so-called package of the Palestinian resolutions...

I do not believe that we can reach peace and stability in the region without Israel and the Palestinians returning to the negotiation table. I also believe that UN Palestinian resolutions do not bring us any closer to this goal..."