We agree with our government’s stand against the Palestinians’ bid for observer-state status at the United Nations. The Palestinians have long sought the status, similar to what is enjoyed by Vatican City, as a symbolic international ratification of the Palestinian argument for statehood. But the appropriate venue for resolving this issue is bilateral negotiations with the government of Israel. The fact that such negotiations have been deadlocked for years does not give the Palestinians license to shortcut the process.
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