“We need to have full membership at the U.N.,” Mahmoud Abbas said in a televised speech Friday. “We need a state, a seat at the United Nations.”
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he would seek recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations Security Council next week, a move that intensifies already considerable tensions in one of the Middle East’s most intractable conflicts. By approaching the U.N. directly, Abbas will circumvent Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations that have gone on for the last 20 years.
Throughout that period, the U.S. has maintained clear support for the negotiation process. If the Obama administration vetoes Palestine’s bid as expected, American credibility in the Arab world—which is already poor—will continue to take a beating. —ARK
The New York Times:
An American veto of the Palestinian bid for full membership would serve as another blow to American credibility in the Arab world, as the Obama administration tries to place itself on the side of protesters in Arab autocracies seeking freedom, justice and a notion of dignity. For many in the region, the plight of Palestinians, under more than four decades of occupation, encapsulates those ideals.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, who toured the region this week, highlighted that sense of urgency among many in the Arab world for the Palestinians to gain what they see as long overdue recognition. “Recognizing the Palestinian state is not an option, it is an obligation,” Mr. Erdogan said at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, the first stop on his tour. “It is time for the flag of Palestine to be hoisted at the United Nations.”
The very clarity of Mr. Erdogan’s comments seemed to contrast with an American policy toward the region that critics view as muddled, as the Obama administration supports uprisings in Libya and Syria but looks the other way at a crackdown by its ally Bahrain. A veto of Palestinian statehood would almost assuredly intensify perceptions of American double standards.
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the question arises, had u.s ruling class [priests,
plutocrats, army/police/cia/fbi echelons, media,
‘educators’, plus rabid part of u.s pop [now ?50 mn of
them] even once acted on a principle?
it can be expected then that i won’t recognize the state
of palestine. because? u guessed it! it’s not in the
interest of america.
of course, politico-media-military ‘elite’ means to say
that it is their interests the allied enterprise is
protecting/expanding and not the interests of all
americans.
and the allies got nothing to fret ab. pursuing only their
ends [utter control of money, army, cia, fbi, city police,
banks, media, schooling, healthcare [or lack of it], jobs,
etc., because in next elecetion we might see once again
99% approval of just such an existence. tnx
By Rodney, September 17, 2011 at 9:46 am Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)
What are the Jews afraid of? Freedom? What the
Palestinians need is their version of Martin Luther
King.Someone to arrange peaceful protests on the world
stage and force Israel to abandon their system of
apartheid.
While Israel may have blackmailed Obama and our congresscritters into vetoing the resolution creating a Palestinian state, there is a way around that veto.
Q. Is there a way for the General Assembly to overrule the Security Council?
A. Yes. Resolution 377, known as Uniting for Peace, was passed in 1950 during the Korean War to break the deadlock. It was a US initiative to circumvent the Soviet Union blocking action to protect South Korea. It is a rarely used mechanism whereby a two-thirds majority in the General Assembly can override the Security Council and its veto-wielding members in specific circumstances, where the 15-member decision-making body ‘‘fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in any case where there appears to be a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression’‘.
The time has arrived for the United $tates of Perpetual War Profiteering… to stop enabling the ethno-racist Zionist wackos in the Jim Crow APARTHEID ‘theocrazy’ of Israel to openly commit ethnic cleansing and genocide against Palestinians in the WARSAW GHETTO OF GAZA!
The hypocrisy is immmoral, obscene and disgusting! Amerika and Israel tempt fate… and they invite a horrible karma that is screaming and screaming and screaming for EVAPORATION.
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By omop, September 17, 2011 at 11:16 am Link to this comment
Its TWO against the rest of the world.
Hillary Clinton is on record as stating that “the way” towards peace is the
Bibi way…thru Ramallah and Tel Aviv not New York.
New York is for the priviliged only who believe in “government of the
Report thispeople by the people and for the right people”.
By balkas, September 17, 2011 at 10:23 am Link to this comment
the question arises, had u.s ruling class [priests,
plutocrats, army/police/cia/fbi echelons, media,
‘educators’, plus rabid part of u.s pop [now ?50 mn of
them] even once acted on a principle?
it can be expected then that i won’t recognize the state
of palestine. because? u guessed it! it’s not in the
interest of america.
of course, politico-media-military ‘elite’ means to say
that it is their interests the allied enterprise is
protecting/expanding and not the interests of all
americans.
and the allies got nothing to fret ab. pursuing only their
Report thisends [utter control of money, army, cia, fbi, city police,
banks, media, schooling, healthcare [or lack of it], jobs,
etc., because in next elecetion we might see once again
99% approval of just such an existence. tnx
By Rodney, September 17, 2011 at 9:46 am Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)
What are the Jews afraid of? Freedom? What the
Report thisPalestinians need is their version of Martin Luther
King.Someone to arrange peaceful protests on the world
stage and force Israel to abandon their system of
apartheid.
By PatrickHenry, September 17, 2011 at 8:35 am Link to this comment
While Israel may have blackmailed Obama and our congresscritters into vetoing the resolution creating a Palestinian state, there is a way around that veto.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/rules-and-regulations-on-the-winding-road-to-statehood-20110916-1kdvs.html#ixzz1YDy5pB36
Report thisHow pitiful America has become when it abandons its founding principles and ignores the will of the majority.
By Richard_Ralph_Roehl, September 16, 2011 at 9:21 pm Link to this comment
The time has arrived for the United $tates of Perpetual War Profiteering… to stop enabling the ethno-racist Zionist wackos in the Jim Crow APARTHEID ‘theocrazy’ of Israel to openly commit ethnic cleansing and genocide against Palestinians in the WARSAW GHETTO OF GAZA!
The hypocrisy is immmoral, obscene and disgusting! Amerika and Israel tempt fate… and they invite a horrible karma that is screaming and screaming and screaming for EVAPORATION.
Report thisBy PatrickHenry, September 16, 2011 at 5:45 pm Link to this comment
Let the show begin.
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