| Mr Khan said: If it succeeds, however, then Israel could justify many of its action as clear responses to acts of war, as opposed to the legally marginal state of affairs that predominates currently |
Exactly. It's actually quite a dumb move if you'd think it would pass.
Not to mention even just proposing it basically gives Israel an excuse to tear up previous agreements and press harder.
Either way, it shouldn't be passed because palestine doesn't fit all the criteria for a member state. One of the main criteria is having set borders... which Palestine doesn't have. Some are trying to use the 1967 borders, however those borders weren't established in a peace treaty, but instead in a cease fire, that has been broken a couple times since then and a cease fire isn't a legally binding agreement of permanent borders, but just a temporary set of battlelines until the establishment of a peace treaty.
The other step where they fail UN membership is that the vast majoirty of their government has to be stable and for UN Membership. Hamas while they said they wouldn't block say they are against the UN bid because it doesn't involve Israel and only support a bid that includes all of Israel's land as well. Without Hamas being for it rather then a "non-observer" it's another step where they fail.
Anyone who votes for recognition wouldn't actually be doing so based on law.
