Are there precedents for what Palestinians are seeking at the UN?

The 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly has just begun. Unless a diplomatic miracle happens, that body will soon approve what amounts to a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood. Palestinian spokesmen say they had no choice but to make their end run around serious negotiations with Israel—because what Israel is offering in such negotiations is just a fraction of the territory to which the Palestinians are entitled.

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