VICE NEWS: Palestinian Leaders Are Taking Their Quest for Statehood Global — Consequences Be Damned

VICE NEWS

Palestinian Leaders Are Taking Their Quest for Statehood Global — Consequences Be Damned

By Alice Speri

January 19, 2015

“If we use violence we’re punished, if we use international law we’re punished, if we try to hold Israel accountable we’re punished,” Sam Bahour, a Palestinian-American businessman based in Ramallah, told VICE News. “I’m not exactly sure what Israel expects the Palestinians to do under occupation. But we would hope that the international community at least holds Israel accountable not to punish the Palestinians for doing diplomatic work — not only for the Palestinians’ sake but also for the sake of the integrity of the international system of governance.”

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