Palestinians Renew Call for Full UN Membership, Framing Statehood as Legal and Moral Imperative

RAMALLAH / PNN /

The Palestinian leadership has issued a renewed and forceful appeal for full United Nations membership, asserting that recognition of the State of Palestine based on the June 4, 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital is not only a political necessity but also a legal obligation and a moral imperative.

In a position paper released this month by the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Palestinian officials…