The 'fig leaf' that hid Arab regime failures and seriously harmed the Palestinian cause - opinion
Post-1948, Arab regimes weaponized the Palestinian cause. Lacking organic legitimacy, they turned anti-Israel hostility into a survival mechanism.
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, sits in the General Assembly. The State of Palestine is recognized by more than 130 countries, but not by most of the countries of the OECD.(photo credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)