Topic Of The Week Dean Khater Period 3

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My international topic is of the Palestinians' request to join the United Nations. On Sept. 23rd. of this year the Palestinians put in their request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The majority of the other countries applauded the Palestinians for this move and rallied behind them except for Isreal and the United States. The U.S. threatened to veto if they won majority approval from the U.N. The U.S claims peace can only be reached thru negotiations, that have failed for the past twenty years. Isreal's continuous building of illegal settlements on land that is supposed to be for the Plaestinian state is the main obstacle. In 1948 the U.N adopted a resolution that would divide Palestine between Isreal and the Palestinians but that resolution is still in the works. The Plaestinians have waited for 63 years and now the time has come to claim what is theirs and to respect U.N resolutions that were accepted by the world. With the U.S being Israel's biggest ally and largest donor of foreign aid the ball now falls in the U.S's court.