Palestine and the UN

I listened this evening to Netanyahu's speech to the UN and was struck by how statesmanlike it was. I heard extracts from Abbas's speech but found it difficult to get the flavour as the translation was somehow unsatisfactory. Nonetheless I found Netanyahu's speech far more enlightening and do not understand why the Palestinians cannot agree to sit down with the Israeli's and negotiate. Netanyahu offered to sit down there and then with Abbas but Sky thought Abbas had likely already left the building to fly back to Jordan. Jordan is of course the country where most Palestinians live. Until they are prepared to negotiate seriously, which it seems they have never wanted to do, the UK simply must vote against Palestine's application to be recognised as a separate state at the UN. It is quite extraordinary to me how Abbas received a standing ovation and Netanyahu only received a polite clap. From what I could see it was only Muslim states and those who are Muslim state clients who gave the standing ovation. Of course the BBC and other Palestinian fellow travellers will have joined in psychologically rather than physically, restrained as they are from showing partiality. Not that one would notice, of course. The BBC is trying to find excuses for Obama who they think would like to support Palestine's application but cannot because they say he would upset the Jewish lobby he so desperately needs for his re-election. Why doesn't Obama give US citizenship to more Arabs on condition they vote for him in 2012? That would fix his problem.