Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas returns to the United Nations today with the intention to seek, once again, a declaration that Palestine is a “state”. But unlike last year, there will be no street parties in occupied Palestine, no dramatic speeches and no two-storey blue chairs stationed in the centre of Palestinian city squares. Though this year’s General Assembly resolution will likely get the requisite number of votes to upgrade “Palestine’s” status before the UN, the outcome will be the same for Palestinians: on the ground, nothing will change.

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