It's Time for an Independent Palestine

From the New York Times:

JERUSALEM — President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority signed papers Wednesday to join the International Criminal Court, a provocative move that could lead to the prosecution of Israeli officials for war crimes and risks severe sanctions from Washington and Jerusalem. The defiant step came a day after the defeat of a United Nations Security Council resolution that demanded an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory by 2017, and was billed as part of a strategic shift by the Palestinian leadership to pursue statehood in the international arena after decades of failed American-brokered negotiations with Israel.

It is a shame that the resolution failed and Abbas has very few options in terms of advancing the two-state solution.

Earlier on Wednesday, one of Mr. Netanyahu’s close allies, Yuval Steinitz, called Tuesday’s United Nations vote “no less dangerous than Hamas’s rockets,” saying the fact that France supported the resolution and Britain abstained “is very grave.”

Mr. Steinitz needs an education on the difference in danger between a political vote and rockets.

I am proud of France for supporting the resolution and disappointed in Britain, the United States and Australia for continuing to kick the can down the road. 

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.