ANALYSIS

On 29 November, the UN General Assembly will vote to change the status of the Palestinian delegation to the UN from non-member ‘observer entity’ to non-member ‘observer state’. This briefing provides a background, reviews where international players stand and assesses what is likely to follow.

BICOM Director of Research Dr. Toby Greene argues that a UN resolution threatens to undermine efforts to resume negotiations, and that a focus on bottom-up development in the West Bank is the best way to create the conditions for successful final status talks.

It took seven days for Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defence, designed to stop constant rocket-firing from Gaza into Israel, to arrive at a ceasefire. As…