"Vatican City - Bishops from the Middle East who were summoned to Rome by the pope demanded Saturday that Israel accept U.N. resolutions calling for an end to its “occupation” of Arab lands...." Vatican
And now you must read the brilliant post by Jewish End of Days, entitled "Time to Vote."
Measure for Measure
Regrettably, an Arab declaration of a Palestinian State is really just the chickens coming home to roost, and has a connected and clear historical precedent.
In 1947, faced with the choice of an American declared truce or declaring an independent state, secular leaders of Yishuv E”Y decided to declare a state:
. . . by virtue of “natural and historic right” and based on the United Nations resolution… Hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish state in the land of Israel to be known as the State of Israel . . .
And so to, we can reasonably foresee an announcement in the upcoming months:
. . . by virtue of “natural and historic right” and based on the United Nations resolution… Hereby declare the establishment of a Palestinian state in the land of Palestine to be known as the State of Palestine . . .
And to understand the history behind this latest "War Against the Jews/Israelis" by the Catholic Church, and interviewed on the Tamar Yonah show, Dr. Daisy Stern's blog tells it all: Israel Truth Times.