U.N. lacks credibility on Palestinian state  Support a U.N. vote
to recognize a new Palestinian-Arab state? The question assumes
that the U.N. is a neutral forum with a clear moral compass.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Thousands of rockets,
directed at Israeli civilians, are launched from Gaza. Yet the
U.N. is silent.  The U.N. Charter, Article 2 states: "All
members shall refrain in their international relations from the
threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or
political independence of any state."  The Charter of Hamas,
which rules Gaza, asserts its plan to wipe Israel off the map
and murder every Jew on Earth. Palestine Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas repeatedly affirms that he will never recognize a
Jewish state of Israel.  In Abbas' Nov. 29 speech at the U.N.,
he never mentioned the "two states for two peoples" concept --
the basis for current Mideast peace efforts.  If "occupation"
were to justify terrorism, then post-Civil War Ku Klux Klan
terrorism of Southern blacks w