Palestine's Rosa Parks moment

On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, age 42,an African American civil rights activist who would later be referred as "the mother of the freedom movement",refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger.Parks' act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and she became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation.
Today September 23rd, 2011 at the United Nations, NY, NY, Mahmoud Abbas , the President of the Palestinian  Authority will submit Palestine's application for full membership to this world body.
The Americans despite their magnificent rhetoric in the past have openly stated they will oppose and if necessary veto this application. Domestic political considerations aside the Americans have finally showed what everyone knew that they can not be the honest broker they claim. With a fine disregard to the rules he set out Obama once again will bow down to Israeli pressure and AIPAC donations.
It is a pity that the morally right thing to do is yet again being bypassed for political pragmatism and the freedoms enjoyed by the United States are consistently being denied to the Palestinians.
This is our Rosa Parks moment, an important symbolic and peaceful gesture to let the world know we will no longer sit at the back of the bus.
God bless Palestine.