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Congratulations to the New State of Palestine!
December 1, 2012
We a the Citizens Proposal applaud the decision by the UN General Assembly to grant Palestine the status of an observer state. This resolution will open many doors and change many people's thinking about the viability and propriety of Palestine as a full-fledged state with borders and sovereignty. Also, thereby the world has expressed its disapproval of the injustice of the continuing occupation. It is indeed a major step forward on the path to full realization of a 2-state solution.
Through this resolution, the world has affirmed that Palestine's borders shall be at the 1967 line. Therefore, the 1967 line is now accorded international status as the baseline for negotiations to establish an agreed upon border with Israel. This means that the international community is taking the 1967 border as the basis for determining what settlements are acts of occupation against Palestine. We believe that this situation will result in increased international disapproval for Israel's settlement policy, and we would hope that Israel will quickly see that it is in its interests to begin negotiations with Palestine as soon as possible.
In this website, any language referring to Palestinian territory or territory under dispute will now be updated, as per the new norms of international relations, to refer to it as "Palestine."
We a the Citizens Proposal applaud the decision by the UN General Assembly to grant Palestine the status of an observer state. This resolution will open many doors and change many people's thinking about the viability and propriety of Palestine as a full-fledged state with borders and sovereignty. Also, thereby the world has expressed its disapproval of the injustice of the continuing occupation. It is indeed a major step forward on the path to full realization of a 2-state solution.
Through this resolution, the world has affirmed that Palestine's borders shall be at the 1967 line. Therefore, the 1967 line is now accorded international status as the baseline for negotiations to establish an agreed upon border with Israel. This means that the international community is taking the 1967 border as the basis for determining what settlements are acts of occupation against Palestine. We believe that this situation will result in increased international disapproval for Israel's settlement policy, and we would hope that Israel will quickly see that it is in its interests to begin negotiations with Palestine as soon as possible.
In this website, any language referring to Palestinian territory or territory under dispute will now be updated, as per the new norms of international relations, to refer to it as "Palestine."