The concluding document of the upcoming two-state conference, led by France and Saudi Arabia and scheduled to take place at the United Nations next week, is expected to include an unconditional commitment to an "irreversible path" to the establishment of a Palestinian state. The document is also expected to be "action-oriented," according to a leak by Anne Bayefsky, a lawyer, scholar, and activist who currently heads the Touro University Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust. Her organization holds consultative status with the UN.
According to Bayefsky, the co-chairs of the conference, France and Saudi Arabia, are presenting the document as one intended to render the creation of a Palestinian state irreversible, sidestepping negotiations on core issues, so that UN member states will effectively dictate the outcome.
She contends that although the document will not explicitly declare recognition of a Palestinian state, its purpose is to ensure that this becomes a foregone conclusion. She says the term "action-oriented" is deliberately vague to enable the imposition of punitive measures on Israel, including economic sanctions and international isolation.
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According to Bayefsky, the co-chairs of the conference, France and Saudi Arabia, are presenting the document as one intended to render the creation of a Palestinian state irreversible, sidestepping negotiations on core issues, so that UN member states will effectively dictate the outcome.
She contends that although the document will not explicitly declare recognition of a Palestinian state, its purpose is to ensure that this becomes a foregone conclusion. She says the term "action-oriented" is deliberately vague to enable the imposition of punitive measures on Israel, including economic sanctions and international isolation.

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