A guide to the September vote on the admission of Palestine to the United Nations

On May 17, Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority wrote in The New York Times that, "this September, at the United Nations General Assembly, we will request international recognition of the State of Palestine on the 1967 Border and that our State be admitted as a full member of the United Nations."

Thus Abbas proposes a two-point strategy:

1. Request recognition of the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders.
2. The State to be admitted as a full-time member of the United Nations.

Will this strategy hurt or help the Palestinians in their struggle for equality and basic human rights, and what exactly does it all mean?