UNreal

The General Assembly of the United Nations voted overwhelmingly yesterday to grant Palestine observer nation status. There were big celebrations in the West Bank in response. One has to wonder how long it will be before the Palestinians understand that actions like this one by the UN are unreal.

American law provides that contributions by the USA to UN agencies that recognize Palestine as a separate state in the absence of a negotiated peace with Israel will be cut off. Most likely, president Obama will find a way to circumvent that law, but maybe not. It would be nice to see all these UN agencies get their budgets cut by 25%.

It would be nice if just once there were a Palestinian leader who put a major effort into reaching an actual peace deal with Israel. But, as Abba Eban used to say, the Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.