Obama: Palestinian statehood vote at UN would be counterproductive
U.S. president says he would oppose vote if it reaches the UN Security Council, calls efforts ‘distraction’.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that if the Palestinians try to achieve statehood in the United Nations Security Council, the U.S. would oppose the proposal.
“If this came to the Security Council we would object very strongly, precisely because we think it would be counterproductive.
“We don’t think that it would actually lead to the outcome that we want, which is a two-state solution,” he told Spanish-language media in an interview.
Last week, the State Department said the U.S. would veto a resolution for Palestinian statehood in the council, but Obama had yet to comment directly on the matter.
Categories: Americas, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, United States
Why counter-productive? Let the permanent members of the Security Council show their real (undemocratic) face!
Noam Chomsky had a great assessment of the Palestinian statehood bid on Democracy Now! this morning. He said that if the U.S. vetoes, it’s another indication that they are not willing to solve this problem. He elaborates, but I think it is an important point. Here is the link to the interview, it is super interesting: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/9/13/noam_chomsky_us_to_veto_palestinian.