Palestinian suffering

Palestinian suffering
8th July 2006
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2006/07/08/palestinian-suffering.html

Your editorial on July 7 brings a few things to the fore, while a few things remain in the background. For people who neither belong to Israel or Palestine, it is very confusing in terms of what is the truth. Granted that history is written by the victors. Some of us have read things, but remain unsure what is the truth.
For example, we have read that the creation of Israel was by a majority vote in the United Nations General Assembly, in which my country, India, voted against it. Is this true? If so, who can have a right to deny Israel the right of existence?
Assuming that the vote was a sham, is there a way to reopen the subject in the United Nations once again? If yes, why is the Palestinian government not demanding a new vote?
If the outcome of this vote is again in favor of Israel, that will be that. But if it is against, some nations with veto powers (there are five of them) might use it and nullify the vote. So, is veto legal? If yes, that is that! Veto power has been used and misused since the creation of the United Nations and the Security Council.
If the veto system is to be abolished, is there a constitutional means of doing it? What is it? If yes, why does the Palestinian government not start proceeding in that direction? And if the answer is ""No"", I think the Palestinian government must understand that and accept this situation, however bitter. In life, even in our personal lives, there are many things which we don't like, but we swallow them as inevitable.
I think this is the only way to go about this issue. Whether it is Hamas or Fatah, they will have to study this point and accept it, and also together educate their population to accept it gracefully and take the road to peace and prosperity. After all, the other methods followed to date have not taken either party anywhere.
K. B. KALE, Jakarta