In a move that might well spell the end for the Palestinian statehood effort, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman claimed to have received assurances from top Bosnian officials that the Balkan nation will vote against statehood.
Bosnia was seen as the vital swing vote in the current UN Security Council, where Palestine needs a 60% majority, or nine “yes” votes for full membership. Eight nations, Russia, China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Lebanon, Nigeria and Gabon, have all committed to vote yes.
There are still three nations which have not formally made their planned votes public, and if Bosnia indeed ends up a “no” that leaves only Colombia and Portugal as possible sources of the ninth vote.
US-allied Colombia also appears to be securely in the “no” category, though they have insisted they won’t formally commit. Portugal has insisted they support the idea of statehood in theory, but also say they prefer it comes with Israeli permission, meaning they are unlikely to support the initiative.
And today in Sarajevo, a gunman opened fire on US Embassy, and in the shootout the gunman was injured, but so are several policemen and some people caught in crossfire. Bosnian government, that is the Moslem dominated segment, along with the Croats — the NATO allies, are going to tow the US/UK/French line. The Bosnian Serbs on the other hand, were for the Palestinian statehood. Just like they would not mind getting out of the disfunctional Bosnian humpty-dumpty themselves.
What an irony or ironies.
When the dollar goes what will they use tio buy votes?
The world is now a gigantic brothel where we sit like James Dean's mother in "East of Eden" in a windowless room ruling our empire
All you have to do is pay.
And Israel is the pimp and our 'representatives' the prostitutes.
Isn't Bosnia a Muslim nation?And they are going to sink their fellow religionists because of Israeli bribes?Wow.Did they promise to share the 3 billion with the Bosnians?Did Ol Bent Dick,their creator,pay them a nocturnal visit?Or the sea hag,his wife?
Understanding that Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman is no diplomat but a head-basher and general all-around clown, I wonder what threat he laid at the feet of the ministers in Sarajevo? As the Bosniaks hold a majority I can't believe that their natural proclivity is to side with the Israelis… Then again, until the vote is actually cast and counted, no one should be counting chickens, eh? This is Bizzaro World after all.
EU polls claim Israel is #1 as war/dangerous state.
http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=500…
This is blatant.
This is pay back to the US and Israel for the supporting the islamic terrorists of Bosnia take over the state.
This is payback for the American bombing and murder of the christian Serbs who now have to live under an islamic dominating government with continuing refusals for a state of their own.
Just google Izetbegovic – great friend of Bill,Hillary and Tony.
This late President of Bosnia was a fanatical islamic extremist yet once again we watched NATO side with this evil as they done time and time again.
Against Serbia in Kosovo and now with Libya.
The war on terror is phoney. If there is a war on islamic terror NATO is the airforce of that terror and its the Serbs and Libyans who have to accept it at the point of a cruise missile or bomb.
Israeli "permission"? What the hell?! Did the Zionists ask permission from Palestinians back in '48?
Sorry Jason but I think you'll find this is nothing to do with granting Palestine statehood. It is all to do with stopping the US having to use its veto. The US has made it very clear that it will veto any attempt in the UNSC to grant Palestine membership of the UNGA and unless there are nine votes for, the US doesn't have use its veto. The complete morons in Washington obviously believe that if the US doesn't have to use their veto, then nobody will blame the US for preventing Palestinian statehood.
No mention has been made of the other two members of the UNSC, the UK and France. I would piss my self if they voted for the Palestinian state at the last moment as I guess that Lieberman has taken their abstention for granted. Maybe one of the conditions that the Chinese have attached to their loan to the EU is that neither France nor the UK should abstain.
I hope that the US is forced to use its veto and that the UNGA then uses the "uniting for peace" procedure to force this resolution through.