Beyond the tragedy of the recent conflict in Gaza, the death of civilians and the never-ending misery, something occurred during the fighting that may be an important harbinger of things to come. The visits to Gaza by the Egyptian and Tunisian foreignThe vote at the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday was decided by 138 votes in favour, 41 abstentions, and 9 against.Palestine is no longer an “entity,” but a state – or, to be precise, a non-member observer state of the UN. Israeli leaders are furious, and have already begun to retaliate by expanding settlements on occupied PalestinianBeyond the tragedy of the recent conflict in Gaza, the death of civilians and the never-ending misery, something occurred during the fighting that may be an important harbinger of things to come. The visits to Gaza by the Egyptian and Tunisian foreignThe death of President Yasser Arafat, while he was walking a tightrope of simultaneously managing peaceful and military approaches towards accruing statehood for Palestine, brought a new phase in the struggle. The Palestinian-Israeli security
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