'UN recognition won't stop PA's demand for right of return'

[Mosby]

The Palestinians will continue to demand the right of return for millions of refugees to their original homes inside Israel even after the UN recognizes a Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967, lines, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday.

Responding to legal experts’ claims that a Palestinian state could affect the status of the PLO as the “sole legitimate representative” of the Palestinians, Abbas told the Jordanian newspaper Ad-Dustour: “The PLO represents all the Palestinians, not only those in the Palestinian territories and whose number is estimated at 4 million. The PLO represents all 8 million Palestinians in the world.”

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A British expert in international law has warned that millions of Palestinian refugees living outside the West Bank and the Gaza Strip could lose their representation at the UN if the PA succeeds in winning recognition of a state next month.

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?ID=235789&R=R1

[Alamuti Lotus]

1. Good

[hack89]

2. Yes - this will make things much easier for Israel. nt

[Jmaxfie1]

3. What about the vote for statehood?

I think the Security Counsel will nix it. But will independent states recognize it?