Their specific concern was that Croatia might lose elements of its statehood and sovereignty, and the postponement was requested to present to the voters the effects of the Treaty of Lisbon on Croatia before the referendum was held.
Yet Ukrainians remember lost dreams of statehood during the two great European wars in the 20th century.
So how can you invest in it?" Despite his skepticism, Fayyad believes Palestinians do not have a moment to lose in the push for statehood.
He said Israel was not afraid of UN intervention and that the Palestinians had "a lot to lose" if they were to pursue their attempt to gain UN statehood, which was shelved last year as a concession to the Israelis, who released 104 Palestinian prisoners in return.
After statehood was lost, Armenians turned to their genocide playbook which exploited Christian bigotries and contempt for Ottoman Muslims.
Garcia Padilla, the leader of the Popular Democratic Party, has said statehood would turn Puerto Rico into a "Latin American ghetto," by causing it to lose certain tax breaks.
In essence he argues that in 1966 many Israelis felt lost, their 18-year experiment in statehood foundering, their first days of heroism and vision gone, their economy plummeting, and some of their best citizens emigrating.
The United States must support the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations this month or risk losing the little credibility it has in the Arab world.
— Salam Fayyad, Palestinian prime minister "The United States must support the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations this month or risk losing the little credibility it has in the Arab world".
"As it increasingly becomes clear that the Diaspora is not a disaster and that the security offered by statehood has proven to be precarious, the lost universalism that has been so much a part of Jewish tradition may well be prepared for a comeback, this time on firmer soil," Wolfe writes in his introduction.
