Palestinian statehood at the UN: Q&A with Hussein Ibish and Yossi Klein Halevi

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/15/palestinian-statehood-united-nations-qanda

What effect will the Palestinian move to seek recognition of statehood at the UN have? Our experts answer your questions: Hussein Ibish and Yossi Klein Halevi

• guardian.co.uk, Thursday 15 September 2011 07.30 EDT

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has said, 'We have exhausted all opportunities so we have to go to the UN.' Photograph: Joshua Lott/Reuters

The Palestinians will be going to the United Nations this September to seek recognition of statehood. Despite opposition from Israel and the United States, a UN vote now looks inevitable.

The Guardian and the Forward have brought together two experts, Hussein Ibish and Yossi Klein Halevi, to take part in an online Q&A to answer your questions about what may prove a game-changing development in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They will be responding in real time on Thursday 15 September, 3-4pm [BST; 10-11am EST].

Ibish is a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine, a frequent contributor to US newspapers and magazines, and author of What's Wrong with the One-State Agenda? Why Ending the Occupation and Peace with Israel is Still the Palestinian National Goal. Halevi is an Israeli writer, who is a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute and Israel correspondent for the New Republic.

Q&A on Palestinian statehood at the UN

Our experts answer your questions on the Palestinian move to seek recognition of statehood at the United Nations