The UN resolution giving Palestinians nonmember state status passed easily 138 to nine, with 41 abstentions*, a reminder of what a sad joke the United Nations General Assembly is. During the floor speeches, both Canada and the U.S. came to Israel’s defense, with Ambassador Susan Rice vigorously objecting to the resolution.
“Progress toward a just and lasting two-state solution cannot be made by pressing a green voting button in this hall,” said Rice. “Nor does passing a resolution create a state where none exists, or change the reality on the ground. This resolution does not establish that Palestine is a state.”
Rice emphasized that the resolution would only set back the chances of reaching a two-state solution. “Today’s grand pronouncements will soon fade and the Palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives have changed,” she said.
The ambassador added that the only way forward was through direct negotiation between both parties.
“There simply are no short cuts,” said Rice. “Long after the votes are cast, long after the speeches have been forgotten, it is the Palestinians and Israelis that still must talk to each other and listen to each other and find a way to live together side by side in the land they share.”
Rice’s remarks were notably strong, and could help her win points with Republicans and conservative pro-Israel groups ahead of her potential nomination for secretary of state.
*Fixed from earlier when I wrote it passed 138 to 41. Final tally was 138 to 9, with 41 abstentions.
Shut up, mouthpiece.
haha shut-up bu2721tch.. more polite
the thing is, how can anyone now believe what she says without wanting to see her script? n nnot to mention is it not the ambassadors job to round up votes at the UN? n n
Rice isn't the Israeli ambassador, KkK, Prosor is. it's his job to round up the votes.
So your saying this vote was not against US interests as well, and the US had no reason to want its allies to vote against the resolution?
nope, I'm saying that Rice expressed herslef and the position of the US government quite well…… nwe neither support this nonsense nor approve of it. n nbut it's not her job to strain to do the impossible. there wasn't a way the the result could have been turned around once it was scheduled for a vote. n nit was the job of Israel to make some deal with Abbas to keep it from getting that far….the US didn't have what Abbas wanted. Israel did. n n n—- n nIn general, there is too often expressed manifestations of the assumption that the US, being allied with Israel, is somehow supposed to support Israel in all things. n nThat's not a good assumption
her remarks were excellent.
Yes they were. If only I could believe that they were also sincere. This is the same ambassador who launched a one-sided anti-Israel diatribe a few years ago as a preface to her casting the vetor against a one-sided anti-Israel resolution.
The problem with driving too many miles with too little sleep is that you don't always quite hear the AM talk radio. But I heard Mark Levine saying something (Tues?) about the Canadian Prime Minister coming out big time for Israel. Big time. That may have forced Obama/Rice hand.
It never has before.
PALESTINE is a STATE! 138 YES 9 NO ABSTAIN 41 nCountries Fu2721cked Israel: 138 the whole periodical table and the foodchain of planet earth nCountries Fu2721cked by Israel: 9 Canada, Czech Republic, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Panama, and the United States. nCountries Raincheck Fu2721cked Israel: 41 Abstention: Albania, Andorra, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Colombia, Croatia, DRC, Estonia, Fiji, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Poland, Republic of (South) Korea, Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, UK, and Vanuatu. nCountries snubbed Fu2721cking Israel: Equatorial Guinea, Kiribati, Liberia, Madagascar, and Ukraine. n
So, basically –if I understand you correctly– you're suggesting that unless we do something about the Ju2721u2721u2721u2721u2721u2721z we are totally Clotured?
Clotured! Are you kidding? Its boring pain full politics n1. Judaic is 7000 years old civilization they are under 23 million population n2. Atheists and religiously unaffiliated/indifferent would be about 16% of planet earth population. n3. Christianity is 2012 years old civilization they make more than quarter of planet earth population. n4. Islam is 1433 years old civilization they make quarter of planet earth population nIf we dance with Darwin’s Theory of Survival of the Fetish (am just kidding) fittest Judaic must be the missing half of planet earth population instead of Buddhists, Hindus, Shinto you name it. So what went wrong with the chosen-ones fertility & Vitality rates and old-testament trash? I thought by establishing State of Israel Judaic Population will jump to 50 million. After Oslo accord Jews u-hauled over a million Godless Russians to Israel. They are still stuck in Judea & Samaria as Stateless Settlers awaiting their turn to be upgraded to Jews. nIn order for Judaic to survive the uncontrollable increase of Palestinian population in Israel proper and elsewhere Jews must drop everything about survival and begin Eugenics and Depopulation project to downsize the world population to match the Jewish population before Atheistic Zionists slaughter millions of Jews as they did over the greater wars of Europe and Russia.by the way Israel got over a million of Atheistic Zionists waiting to starve to commit Genocide. n
We're used to the world wanting us to die or disappear. nThe Egyptian empire is gone. nThe Greek empire is gone. nThe Persian Empire is gone. nThe Roman empire is gone. nSpansih hegemony is gone. nThe Ancien Regime is gone. nThe Soviet Empire is gone. nEuropean civilzation is gone. n B'chasdei HaShem, we're still here.
psst: its called Chasdei HaShem u05d7u05e1u05d3u05d9 u05d4 '