Palestinians need an honest broker

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Author(s)	Rashid Khalidi
Source	USA Today
Date	September 22, 2011
URL	http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/story/2011-09-22/Palestnian-statehood-bid-Palestine/50519368/1
Quote	The statehood bid is an effort to alter this dynamic. It is an attempt to shake the U.S. out of its one-sided approach before the Arab Spring reaches the millions of Palestinians languishing under a 44-year occupation that the president never saw fit to mention in his U.N. speech.

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This item argues for the position United Nations should vote to recognize a Palestinian state on the topic 2011 United Nations recognition vote of Palestinian state.