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| Putin has positive relations with Palestine which could help the country's future |
The application has been long time coming. To see that a representative of a President's calibre to actually make a stand for his country against all the hostility they've been receiving against their neighbours Israel both politically and democratically is brave and courageous. Now, things have calmed down between both countries recently, a potential peace deal is going through on-going negotiations. However, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu says that the peace agreement must be settled first before Palestine are to be granted this life-changing thumbs up by UN, which is a sensible comment considering the situation there in the past and at present. This peace process is likely to take a while but it's a step forward for both Palestine and Israel and the news are to world leaders' liking.
This application is going to be a tough one for UN to decide as Palestinian territory is crucially in Israel territory. Since 1967, Palestine's land is scattered. An acceptance to independence could mean that Israel might have to get rid of their land so that the broken-up borders their neighbours have are put together but that could lead to a further increase in violence which have distressed concerned people worldwide. I've been trying to keep quiet on the whole thing as situations change frequently, claims from each country maybe true or false which has kept the saga on its tense feet. It's been frustrating to say the least. Will the UN say yes? It's difficult to tell now but once they gather all the resources they need and jot down all the positive and negative points about the potential independence, I'm sure they'll make the right decision.
While Palestine are on the verge of creating history, Russia could do the same as Vladimir Putin has put his name forward to become the next President of the country. He was leader of the nation between 2000 and 2008 and has taken the role of Prime Minister since. This however doesn't mean the end of now leader Dmitry Medvedev who will take Putin's current job. In simple terms, they'll be switching occupations.
Putin is an interesting character, he's very well known and even if people didn't know him by name, we would all know him by face in the press standing besides almost every President and Prime Minister across the globe. It's unlikely he gets along with all of them as each and every of them range from both sides of the political spectrum however the 58-year-old likes to keep himself known by everyone. It helps if you're representing one of the world's most powerful countries but none-the-less, people like him and I'm sure if he becomes President again, he'll offer similar policies to which have kind of benefited Russia this century.
Russia have had their fair share of political uproars with other countries in the past, especially when they were Soviet Union and even now, their relations with the biggest nations are considered to be complex. However, their relations with the Middle East have never been stronger. Russia are seen to have positive connections with the likes of UAE and Saudi Arabia with presumably, oil interests but they, I believe are one of the countries in support of Palestine becoming an independent nation. They have been deeply involved in the Palestine-Israel peace process and visits the countries more frequent compared to other world leaders although President Abbas comes to Russia more than the other way around. It is understandable - they are desperate to get this UN application accepted quickly and need support from as many countries as they can. Some countries need more convincing but having the Russian support, Putin's support, could be a big leap towards a new corner toward a new Middle East.
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