From Al Manar
Susan Rice, the American ambassador to the UN, said there was "no greater threat" to US support and funding of the UN than the prospect of Palestinian statehood being endorsed by member states.
Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian authority, plans to ask the UN general assembly, which comprises all 192 members, to vote on recognition at its annual meeting in New York in September.
The US and Israel are pressing Abbas to drop his plans. Obama has strongly opposed the move, raising the prospect of a veto in the UN Security Council, which is expected to vote on a Palestinian statehood proposal in July.
However, Palestinian officials have spoken of their determination to a circumvent a US veto by deploying a rarely used Cold War mechanism known as "Uniting for Peace" under which a two-thirds majority in the General Assembly can override the Security Council.
Speaking at an event in Washington, Rice said the Obama administration was devoting "extraordinary efforts and energy" to restarting middle-eastern peace talks so that a vote in September could be avoided.
On the prospect of it being approved, she said: "This would be exceedingly politically damaging in our domestic context, as you can well imagine.”
"I cannot frankly think of a greater threat to our ability to maintain financial and political support for the United Nations in Congress than such an outcome". more
The greatest threat this planet faces is the corrupt government of Israel. They are enemies of humanity.
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