Should the U.N. Admit Palestine as a Full Member State?

On Sept. 23, 2011, President Abbas sought full membership for a Palestinian state at the United Nations. This approach, a radical departure from the bilateral tactics of years past, stirred up fresh hopes, fears, and headaches for the international community. Though the U.N. Security Council declined to act on Mr. Abbas? request in November, a two-thirds majority vote from the General Assembly could still upgrade Palestine?s official U.N. status from ?nonmember observer organization? to ?nonmember observer state,? giving the Palestinians more leverage to achieve their diplomatic goals?including eventual admission to the U.N. as a state. Would United Nations membership for Palestine reenergize the faltering peace process and point the way toward a two-state solution? Or would it apply a unilateral sledgehammer to 60 years of direct Arab-Israeli diplomacy?

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