Palestinians Win Statehood Upgrade at U.N.

[Alamuti Lotus]

13. this move shakes up the status quo, slightly

and that's what it was intended for--the move was made by the illegitimate Abbas government to force the occupation forces back to the negotiating table, which has been just so unbelievably successful for all parties so far. It's basically the only card that the collaborationist Abbas regime can play over the resistance formations: he can present his new level of diplomatic acceptance by the world powers as an argument to Israel that he is in the best position to make the concessions they want of a neutered and subservient Palestinian "state", so they have to talk to him. Meanwhile, the debate in Israel over this event is "do we overthrow him now (Avigdor Lieberman--the extremist), or wait a few months and overthrow him later (Netanyahoo--the moderate)?"...