Interim Statehood Equals Occupied State

The Financial Times wonders if the flurry of peace activity is leading to Palestinian statehood or “interim statehood.”

“They want to change the name of the Palestinian Authority to the Palestinian state,” said Hani al-Masri, a West Bank political analyst. “But it wouldn’t change anything on the ground. It would be a state under occupation.”

This is nothing more than a pre-packaged excuse to blame Israel should “interim statehood” fail as badly as the Palestinian Authority.