[Despanan]

On a slightly different note, it's really stupid for the U.S. to oppose Palestinian statehood.

You don't make peace by erecting barriers and banishing someone from the table. Palestine is appealing to the UN so that it can be recognized as an official state, with the rights, privileges, and responsibilities that this implies.

This is a GOOD thing. It means the Palestinians are trying to join the conversation through official, international channels.

If you grant them official statehood, it would be a major step forward in the peace process. Israel would have to stop being such D-bags to them because they're no longer a rebel population, but instead an actual country, and Palestine would have to put a serious reign on it's own militants in order to protect it's image as a legitimate country.

People respond to context, and if the world keeps treating the palestinians like they're outsiders and criminals they're going to behave like outsiders and criminals.