30.08.2011                      30.Aw-Elul, 5771                      Rosch Chodesch 1

Diplomatie:

New Palestinian strategy document will make it difficult for U.S. to oppose UN vote

More than 50 Palestinian officials, researchers and advisers have crafted a strategy for both before and after the UN vote.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is probably aware that when it comes to a media event, like a speech at the UN General Assembly, President Shimon Peres doesn’t have to be asked twice to sacrifice himself for the nation. Someone who has been watching the honorable president for decades once told me that Peres is blessed with a unique characteristic: He always knows how to adjust reality according to his needs at the time.
So Peres will easily be able to convince himself that the nation ‏(if not the entire universe‏) is demanding that he travel to New York next month to represent the prime minister at the assembly declaring a Palestinian state. But this time Peres is expected to face opposition from close associates….