Zakaria: I oppose the Palestinian U.N. bid for practical reasons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Fareed Zakaria, CNN I am opposed to the Palestinian effort at the United Nations because I think that it is going to get them nowhere. This is not the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zakaria: I oppose the Palestinian U.N. bid for practical reasons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Fareed Zakaria, CNN I am opposed to the Palestinian effort at the United Nations because I think that it is going to get them nowhere. This is not the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Northampton Seminar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-23T14:09:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-01-08T22:20:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/\",\"name\":\"Zakaria: I oppose the Palestinian U.N. bid for practical reasons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-23T14:09:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-01-08T22:20:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2\"},\"description\":\"By Fareed Zakaria, CNN I am opposed to the Palestinian effort at the United Nations because I think that it is going to get them nowhere. This is not the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Zakaria: I oppose the Palestinian U.N. bid for practical reasons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/\",\"name\":\"The Northampton Seminar\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2\",\"name\":\"Guest Contributor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Guest Contributor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Zakaria: I oppose the Palestinian U.N. bid for practical reasons","description":"By Fareed Zakaria, CNN I am opposed to the Palestinian effort at the United Nations because I think that it is going to get them nowhere. This is not the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Zakaria: I oppose the Palestinian U.N. bid for practical reasons","og_description":"By Fareed Zakaria, CNN I am opposed to the Palestinian effort at the United Nations because I think that it is going to get them nowhere. This is not the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/","og_site_name":"The Northampton Seminar","article_published_time":"2011-09-23T14:09:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-01-08T22:20:39+00:00","author":"Guest Contributor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Guest Contributor"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/","name":"Zakaria: I oppose the Palestinian U.N. bid for practical reasons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-09-23T14:09:32+00:00","dateModified":"2015-01-08T22:20:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2"},"description":"By Fareed Zakaria, CNN I am opposed to the Palestinian effort at the United Nations because I think that it is going to get them nowhere. This is not the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Zakaria: I oppose the Palestinian U.N. bid for practical reasons"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/","name":"The Northampton Seminar","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2","name":"Guest Contributor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Guest Contributor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":832,"date":"2011-09-23T10:09:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T14:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/?p=832"},"modified":"2015-01-08T18:20:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T22:20:39","slug":"zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2011\/09\/23\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-u-n-bid-for-practical-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakaria: I oppose the Palestinian U.N. bid for practical reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

By Fareed Zakaria<\/strong>, CNN<\/p>\n

I am opposed to the Palestinian effort at the United Nations because I think that it is going to get them nowhere. This is not the time for romantic gestures. This is the time for them to do something that will actually help them get a Palestinian state \u2013 a goal that I support.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/09\/22\/zakaria-i-oppose-the-palestinian-un-bid-for-practical-reasons\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"