Someone tell me why it is always Israel that needs pressure applied when its the PLO that always rejects statehood?
If the Palestinian Authority doesn’t want a Palestinian State (i.e., “statehood”), then why are they asking the United Nations to DECLARE a Palestinian State?
SO, yes they do want a Palestinian State ... it’s just that they don’t want one BY WAY OF NEGOTIATIONS with Israel, because that would saddle them with commitments that they would be required to meet up to.
What the Palestinian Authority wants is a Palestinian State that is simply DECLARED and this doesn’t have any obligations to SOLVE the long-standing issues and disagreements.
A FINAL STATUS AGREEMENT would solve all the issues and the Palestinian Authority would have to agree that “all issues” are settled. It’s FINAL! They don’t want “FINAL” ... they want to carry on all the disagreements and issues forward into perpetuity and be in a CONSTANT STATE OF CONFLICT! By simply having a Palestinian State “DECLARED” that’s what would happen.
SO ONCE AGAIN ... the Palestinian Authority DOES WANT a Palestinian State (statehood) ... Just NOT by “negotiations”!