Stateless State (2:43)

Stateless State by Mumia Abu-JamalRecorded 11-30-12 Stateless State[col. writ. 11/30/12] © ’12 Mumia Abu-Jamal Just days after U.S.-made Israeli F-16s bombed homes and buildings in Gaza, verbal bombs have been launched at the West Bank – Palestine’s other half – for daring to go to the UN to try to gain a stepping stone to statehood. The Palestinian political representatives from the West Bank, including former PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) head Mahmoud Abbas, won the designation of a “non-member state” in the UN, the closest thing they’ve come to statehood since the Israeli occupation began in 1967. The United Nations voted 138 in support, 9 against, and some 40 states abstaining. The US and Israel political and media classes immediately damned the vote, claiming it was an impediment to the so-called ‘peace process’. In fact, it was the peace process that was all but dead, moribund after decades of talks that strengthened Israel while leaving Palestinian lands broken, walled