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"If the Palestinians want full UN membership, they have to win the backing of the Security Council."
Fact check: false as explained above.
"The United States will undoubtedly veto any resolution."
Fact check: true, but doing so is illegal. The Times didn't explain.
"The Palestinians (will either) ask the General Assembly to recognize them as a state or give them observer status as a state."
Fact check: Palestine already has observer status - in 1974 to the PLO, then in 1998 to participate in general debates with other rights, except to vote.
"The best way, likely the only way, to (avoid being "more alienated") is with the start of serious negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians."
Fact check: Like surgical pain to remove a cancer, Washington/Israeli retaliation may be part of the package for freedom. The alternative is continued repressive occupation vital to end.
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