The Palestinian leadership has made clear its intentions to seek recognition of an independent Palestinian state at the United Nations this coming September.

Some might question why such action would be detrimental to the peace process and therefore problematic for Israel. After all, every Israeli government for nearly a decade has explicitly supported the idea of two-state solution and has worked hard to facilitate conditions for the creation of a Palestinian state.

So why would Israel be opposed to this initiative?

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