During the Oslo years, Yasir ‘Arafat threatened to publicly declare a state before final status talks as the Israeli government continued to refuse to negotiate in good faith.

The United States pressured ‘Arafat not to. And his threat was empty since no declaration or no declaration Israel was still continue to occupy Palestine.

But now the Palestinians may try again and the conditions may favor them this time. Faced once more with a far-right Israeli government and continued Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and a refusal to even negotiate majority-Arab, occupied East Jerusalem; the Palestinian leadership is considering unilaterial declaration of statehood.

The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank has been building state institutions to establish a de facto state and then force the international community to force Israel to recognize its independence.

Netanyahu, Israel propaganda minister, prime minister, and vulgar thug; has predictably dismissed the Palestinians’ projects and plans. And is asking the U.S. president - who is afraid of Netanyahu - to not recognize any Palestinian state without Israeli approval. But Bibi may find himself out of luck:

The White House Administration and the European Union will recognize an independent Palestinian state if it is announced by 2011, official representative of the Palestinian Administration in Cairo, Nabil Shaath, said.

The Palestinians do not need teh Usurping Entity to recognize them. It should be like this and if Israel refuses to accept a free Palestinian then it should fine itself an even bigger pariah in the world.