Epstein Secrets

es, the UN Secretary-General could then report to the Security Council and eventually recommend that it should confirm t

eemed intractable. Part I begins with the Oslo peace talks, which in 1993 produced the Declaration of Principles (DoP) and the mutual recognition of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. These two agreements formed the basis for

ll prevail in the General Assembly, though not in the Security Council. President Barack Obama, with whom Netanyahu just

dely reported speech to the Israeli Knesset in 2008: “We must give up Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem and return to the core of the territory that is the State of Israel prior to 1967, with minor corrections dictated by the reality created since then.” Olmert, a man with a reputation as a hard-liner, said that meant I

lestine. Although this responsibility falls under the Security Council, the constant exercise by the US of its veto powe

the reversal of this resolution by the Assembly is imperative. Although not legally binding, this resolution did grant legitimacy to the creation of the State of Israel. Ironically, since that resolution, there was no serious discussion concerning the establishment of two states in Palestine until the 1991 Madrid Con