With 87 co-sponsors, the US Senate today passed a resolution condemning the Palestinian Authority for seeking recognition from the United Nations as an independent state, warning that it “demonstrates absence of a good faith commitment.”
The resolution warns that the UN recognition of a Palestinian state harms the peace process and also demands that the Palestinians “reconsider” their unity government agreement. They warned failure to comply would have a serious impact on US aid.
Palestinian officials rejected the threats, saying that the Senate demands won’t change their policies, and that the Palestinian Authority “can’t sacrifice their freedom in return for financial aid.”
The US is expected to veto the Palestinian attempt at statehood, but Israeli officials are expressing concerns about the prospect of non-violent protests among Palestinian civilians. The Israeli military says it would be unable to quell such a move.
“demonstrates absence of a good faith commitment.”
Is laughable.., First of all all the money that US is talking about has a blood stain on them.., second no one knows if is a stolen money coming from Iraq Oil for food program.., $17 billion dollars that is missing.., second: no one knows if US money is the Libyan – African peoples money which just about to be stolen by US, EU and China.., so where in all this you find a "goof faith commitment" by US and or EU government toward any nations in this world.., well accept those who are willing to sale their mother for what US or EU is offering.., ! and you know who you are….
It is time the US gives up trying to maintain a bad choice in 1947. It cannot be undon but expansion of Isreal is wrong and imoral.
Go ahead senaters to create hatred for hegomony and arroganz against Palestinians. These senators go to hell it,s pitty they represent americans although they are agents of Jews.
Hitler would love you if he was alive today.
Arabs stole the identities of the red-haired sailors reached the coast of Israel from Europe and disappeared in the region about 1,600 years before the birth of Muhammad. “Palestine” is a complete fiction!
They are a collection of refugees expelled from Arab countries like Jordan that Massacred them in Black September!
The word Israel is mentioned in the Bible more than 70 times. The word Palestine is not mentioned in the Koran even once.
Stop lying. Why was it necessary to destroy 500 towns, villages and expell over 800.000 palestinian people, the Nakba?
That largely happened because the Arab countries invaded Israel the very next day after Israel declared its independence. How dare Israel defend itself!
87 out of 100 Senators voting in favor of occupation and apartheid rule – the rot and corruption goes all the way through the heartwood, doesn't it.?
Actually, they are voting against UN imperialism.
The UN created YOU
Once again the Israeli dog wags the US tail.
How dare those Palestinian terrorists demand independence from the most moral Israeli occupation. And, now, they are threatening Israel with non-violent demonstrations – a definite act of aggression which calls for the US immediate bombing of Iran.
That's the US lawmakers version of events.
The US senate wants to force direct talks. That is like putting a shark (Isreal) and a minnow (Palestinians) in a fish bowl and tell them to decide between themselves how to divide the bowl.
By the way, why does it hinder peace to involve the UN?
Look, the news is that APAIC wrote a bill and told the US Senate to pass it, and like the whores they are, they did. End of story. The content is immaterial, a non issue.
This is utterly disgusting! The Ha'aretz did an article on this yesterday and they actually said (I quote): "Resolution 185 calls on Palestinians to halt bid for unilateral recognition at UN, calls on Obama to veto September vote." http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s…
The bastards are not even trying to hide it anymore.
Neolib-neocon occupied Washington’s endless bootlicking of Israel has made the U.S. a joke across the entire world, and worse, appear weak. This appearance of weakness is getting American troops dispatched by Israel-firsters to fight wars for ideological Zionism and Globalism killed.
In addition to being immoral, these wars are completely unconstitutional.
All in all, it adds up to treason at the highest levels.
Patriotic Americans need to start thinking of themselves as in the same position as were the Founders under parasitic British rule prior to the revolution.
So it looks like a lot of people here support imperialism against Israel. Hmm. I say stop all forms of imperialism, against Israel and every other country. Since when did imperialism only become praiseworthy against Israel?
I know this resolution is something concocted by the Israel firsters in congress to punish the Palistinians for not meekly submitting to thier fate, however, I still I have mixed feeling about it. Why should the USG be giving any aid to the Palistinian authority (or any foriegn government or entity including Israel for that matter) when there is talk about making painful cuts in programs that subsidize Americans?
The welfare state is financially unsustainable and creates an unhealthy dependency on government. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaide, and the entire apparatus of the welfare state should not be cut, but abolished. Before this is done, however, the international welfare queens such as Israel and rich European countries that freeload off of the bloated military expenditures financed by the American serfs should be cut-off cold turkey. The bloated militarism budget should be cut by at least 80 to 90 per cent, and all welfare payments to plutocratic banksters and other corporate troughfeeders should be eliminated. After all this done, then proceed to lower the hatchet on the welfare state.
Cut off US aid- political and/or financial- to Palestine once it becomes an independent state? Sure, go right on ahead- I'm sure Russia and China and Iran will be more than happy step into the void and give them whatever they need to build themselves up. If the US wants in on a piece of that huge contract pie, Washington better get with the program and start paying nice.
pure hypocracy. They give aid to Israel so that it can continue with the ongoing oppression of the Palestianiens and want to punish the Palestianiens for declaring a state that was ther before Israel was even created.