The Options For Palestinian UN Membership

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The official Palestinian bid for full UN membership will be submitted on Friday. Or perhaps not after all. Marco Werman talks with David Rothkopf, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about scenarios and consequences.

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