Israel took UN route to statehood: Why not Palestine?

Isn’t that how Israel became a country in the first place? In 1948 the Zionists didn’t negotiate with the Palestinians, who had been living in Palestine for thousands of years. The Palestinians had no say in their destiny. So why should the Palestinians have to get permission from Israel to have a state in the Occupied Territories, when that land never belonged to Israel to begin with?
 Still, I agree it would have been better if Israel had negotiated with the Palestinians in good faith. But the only purpose of the “peace” process was for Israel to pretend they wanted a negotiated settlement while they expanded the settlements, stealing the very land they were suppose to be negotiating over. Under such circumstances, the Palestinians had no other option but to turn to the UN for recognition of statehood.
Eric Bahrt
Pattaya