In an interview with The Times of Israel Monday, Mansour argued that the new initiative would “save the two-state solution” and serve as a counterweight to unilateral steps taken by Israel in East Jerusalem and the West Bank that have damaged prospects that the framework could eventually be implemented.
“Maybe it will help Israel by waking up its leaders to hold negotiations,” Mansour said.
The Palestinian envoy maintained that granting the State of Palestine full member status would also be consistent with the Biden administration’s policy to advance “practical measures” aimed at creating more fertile ground for a two-state solution in the absence of negotiations between the parties on final status issues.
But he recognized that convincing the US and other Security Council members to advance the initiative to the General Assembly for a vote would take much work. READ MORE
