Woow!! good for them, interesting development on war on terror.
Mohammed Daraghmeh and Karin Laub,
RAMALLAH, Palestine - Euphoric Palestinians erupted in cheers, set
off fireworks and chanted "God is great" after the United Nations
endorsed an independent state of Palestine, giving sweeping
international backing to their demands for sovereignty over lands Israel
occupied in 1967.
The historic General Assembly decision Thursday
to accept "Palestine" as a non-member observer state won't actually
grant independence to the 4.3 million Palestinians who live in the West
Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.
Israel remains an occupying
force in those first two territories and continues to severely restrict
access to Gaza, ruled by the Hamas militant group. Nor does it plaster
over the rift in the Palestinian leadership that has led to the
emergence of duelling governments in the West Bank and Gaza.
But
by gaining approval at a world forum overwhelmingly sympathetic to their
quest, Palestinians hope to make it harder for Israel to resist global
pressure to negotiate the borders of a future Palestine based on lines
Israel held before capturing the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza in
1967.
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