re: #27 sattv4u2

From the article

the credibility of Abbas and his Palestinian Authority has suffered, especially after the recent eight-day Israeli assault on Gaza.

“That shift in sentiment is one reason that some Western countries give for backing the United Nations resolution, to strengthen Mr. Abbas and his more moderate colleagues in their contest with Hamas,” the Times explained.

Yes.

I think that western backers of this may actually have one or more motives:
1.Some want to back Abbas merely because they see it in their own self interest to have him have the real power ( & not Hamas).
2. Others may want Abbas to control the reins because he is seen as a “moderate” and Hamas is basically, a group of violent jihadi thugs. When an independent Palestine finally emerges— they don’t want it to be another radical Islamist gov’t, and particularly not a puppet of Iran.
3. I believe some are just sick and tired of all the fighting, and would like to see this finally settled, and settled in a just manner (the two state solution). They feel that recognizing a Palestinian state now (and similar actions) might hasten a final resolution of the conflict.
4. Some may be supporting this for more than one of these reasons.