[QUOTE=pseudoreality;4358362I don't understand why this is such a big deal. Israel is a state and is not going anywhere. Denying that fact is not going to help you. You can deny their claim on the lands they took in 67, but the original state is legitimate. [QUOTE]
You and I understand that, but the belief that "We (Palestinians/Arabs) do not recognize it and it does not even have the right to exist" is prevalent throughout the Islamic world. They do not consider "the original state is legitimate".
Official recognition ends the issue of Israel's right to exist.
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Same goes for the reverse. If Palestine makes any effort to get internationally recognised, Israel goes crazy and works through its US allies to defund any organization that recognises their bid for statehood.
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In this case, the same does not go for the reverse. Why? Because all parties (Israel, Fatah, USA, Canada, UN, Europe) agreed that Palestinian Statehood would be the result of peace negotiations with Israel with the Oslo Accords (as well as other UN resolutions).
By trying to be internationally recognized or independently declaring statehood outside the negotiating framework means that they are abandoning the land-for-peace ideal and a peaceful end to the conflict.