When the Palestinian Authority speaks about the “support” it receives from the international community it would do well to revisit the blatant hypocrisy at the UN Security Council briefing last March by France’s Permanent UN Representative, Nicolas de Riviere. Far from speaking of Palestinians’ rights, de Riviere insisted upon the Council’s commitment to the two-state paradigm. “This Council has a duty to defend the two-state solution. It has a responsibility to the parties,” de Riviere stated. “A political horizon must be restored, which is the only way to implement the two-state solution.” This political horizon is never defined. Meanwhile, Israel’s overt and very deliberate violations of international law continue to manifest themselves against a backdrop of rhetorical condemnations. De Riviere’s … Continue reading The implications of ‘defending’ the two-state framework