The U.N. Should Admit Palestine as a Full Member State

On September 23, 2011, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appeared before the U.N. General Assembly to request full membership for the State of Palestine. After 20 years of failed talks with Israel, can this plea to the international community be the only path left to a two-state solution, or have the Palestinians set the peace process back by bypassing negotiations?

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[truth4all2see]

Islam teaches teaches to "be neither a victim of injustice, nor a perpetrator thereof, and never a bystander to it". Islam/ Qur'an teaches and reaffirms and promotes love, forgiveness, mercy and all the higher vales and ethics, but in certain cases when forces threaten this well-being it allows "self defense" and to act in the interest of those in need according to the universally noblest standards.

Religious sentiments have been "Misused" to control and intensify or legitimize conflicts.

[fmlluver49]

@forgottenmemories63 i am an israeli and i think that you are utterly misled. A person is a person. It is completely disgusting that you make generalizations about every single person in Gaza. There are good people everywhere. I think that yes, Hamas is a terrorist group, but no, not everyone is a terrorist. You are stereotyping, and that is what is wrong with this world.

[exp9r]

Why are most of the questioners in the audience such blithering idiots?

[Ph0be]

@forgottenmemories63 Yo bro, the Israelis are just as much terrorists as the Palastinians....

[Ph0be]

@jeounghh87 Ahhh, those damn New York ritsy folks! But I guess they have to pay the debaters

[jeounghh87]

@Ph0be Yes they do.

[jeounghh87]

The cheese metaphor that Mr. Abbas describes really struck home with me.

[forgottenmemories63]

What's next ? Create a State for Taliban Terrorists and accept them as Full Members ? Lol

Fucking Palestinians are nothing but terrorist scum, Why don't Saudi Arabia and Yemen accept Palestinians instead of blaming Israel for everything ? Of course if they did that, They wouldn't have Israel to blame anymore.

[fightingirishman726]

geez... that debate was a mess.

[Ph0be]

Does it cost money to go? Cuz these debates are awesome  :0