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Stay the Course on Interfaith Dialogue  Posted: 08/29/11 06:39
PM ET  If all goes according to current reports, some time in
September, the Palestinian Authority will submit a resolution
declaring statehood to the Security Council of the United
Nations. While the United States and possibly other Council
members are widely expected to veto the resolution, the PA may
take its case to the General Assembly, where the US does not
have a veto. A vote in support of the resolution there, while
not binding, would pave the way for member nations to recognize
a Palestinian state.  This is a highly charged and controversial
matter in the U.S., no more so than for two groups, American
Jews and Arab-Americans. The pending resolution is already
splitting the American Jewish community, with many actively
engaged in efforts to secure a US veto of the Security Council
resolution, and some arguing that recognition of a Palestinian
state could actually advance the pea