Can the Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN Succeed?

VOI Arab Affairs Analyst Bassem Eid and Middle East affairs expert Pinchas Inbari insist that a Palestinian Authority bid for recognition of statehood at the United Nations may lead to political suicide. While Palestinians seek to force a unilateral statehood process without any negotiations with Israel via a full-court press at the United Nations Security Council, the move may prove riskier than the Palestinian Authority imagined, and the consequences may be severe.