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Gaza-based Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya has slammed the Palestinian Authority\u2019s bid for membership in the United Nations, calling the move \u201cpolitical adventurism\u201d. He said that the PA\u2019s UN bid \u201cmoved in the opposite direction\u201d of the Arab Spring, adding that anyone who \u201cacts frivolously with the Palestinians\u2019 rights\u201d is not warranted to speak on their behalf.
\u201cWe support establishing a state on part of the Palestinian territory that the Palestinians agree to, without recognizing the Zionist entity or conceding an inch of land,\u201d Haneyya said during a session of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza on Sunday.
Critics of the UN bid, due to become reality next week, say recognizing an Israeli state on 1967 borders would relinquish the rights of the Palestinian refugees expelled from those territories.
\u201cWe are facing a situation that doesn\u2019t withstand political adventurism and requires awareness and not following the policies of the former regimes,\u201d Haneyya said.
The Palestinian premier instead called for consulting with the Palestinians to agree on a national strategy in addressing the Israeli occupation.
Prime Minister Haneyya further criticized the UN bid saying that it was in contravention of the Palestinian reconciliation deal signed earlier in May.
\u201cReconciliation and exclusivity in decisions are two parallel lines that do not meet,\u201d Haneyya said.
Haneyya also considered the move a \u201clifeline\u201d for Israel and America after the Arab Spring.
\u201cWe should have waited for the Arab revolution and invested in popular Arab movements in a way that strengthens and protects Palestinian position and rights,\u201d he said.
However, Haneyya assured that statehood was in fact an objective of the Palestinians, and said \u201cwe will not stand as a stumbling block to the establishment of a fully sovereign state without making concessions\u201d.
Professor of political sciences at Al-Najah University Abdul-Sattar criticized Abbas\u2019s statehood bid in a separate statement describing it as a \u201cwaste of time and energy\u201d.
\u201cI think there is no need at all for the Palestinian Authority’s plan to go to the United Nations,\u201d Qassem said.
\u201cIf Abbas was interested in bringing the United Nations to Palestinian issues, he could ask it to implement previous resolutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n