Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Secretary of State John Kerry today, pressing for a US veto for the assorted UN resolutions coming up on the subject of peace talks
Two competing resolutions are looming, one being pushed by Jordan on behalf of the Palestinians, giving Israel two years to withdraw from the occupied West Bank. France is pushing an alternative text which simply pushes for a two-year timetable for the resumption of the peace process.
France sees a US veto of the Jordan version as inevitable, and say they hope their version is one that people can get behind. Netanyahu is lobbying against both, but pushing harder against the French version, claiming any conditions on Israel would threaten stability.
Though US officials have insisted they have made no decision on vetos yet, they traditionally veto anything Israel objects to, and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz expressed confidence in comments over the weekend that the US would continue that trend.
There is zero chance that the US won't veto this resolution.
Johnny this matter does not have a veto method. It is the general assembly and the USA and Israel can only vote yes or no. I think the USA will see more end runs because the USA under bush started using NATO to start wars because NATO have no blocks so wars are easier to start.
This is not a general assembly resolution, it is a security council resolution. The US, Britain, France, Russia and China all have veto power.
World War II ended nearly 70 years ago. Time to take away the "Big Five" veto power on the security council.
Some proposal there by France. Might as well propose nothing.
The French proposal was put out so that people would believe there was actually some kind of a choice to be made. A two-year timetable for the resumption of the peace process, what does that mean? It is actually worse than nothing, Rick, it means two more years of land grabs until there is even a conversation. It´s a very sick joke, France has completely lost its pride.
The same criminal gang that runs France runs the US which is also the same criminal gang running the UK. Likewise the same cowards who lost their pride in France and go along, also lost it in the US and the UK.
Have you been to France recently? Pride is all they've got left.
It seems to me that if Obama had any pride left he would support this resolution. But he doesn't.
I Totally agree.
Exactly
Let's let the question of Palestinian independence go straight to the General Assembly- guess what, Israel? You'll find you have far less friends than you think you do.
Even more telling, though, is that Palestine doesn't NEED the UN to declare independence. It can do so, and as long as other nations treat it as an independent nation the UN is irrelevant. In that case Palestine might have to fight for its life, but that's the way of things in today's world- very little is free.
Well said man.
No, the Security Council legitimizes and without that the US and Israel won't be viewed as the criminals and supporters of apartheid they are. A resolution at the SC would be a beginning. The Palestinians won't fight for their life because it would mean their end. It would also mean that Israel would have the right to completely annihilate them all, as is their end game.
What a pity that America has to resort to a veto with the world looks on with pity and whose power is waning
"We've been kicking you in the knees for months now. Let me stop long enough to ask you to do us an enormous favor, one that will cost you endless aggravation and put you in a camp with us against the opinion of 190 other countries. And then we will instantly go back to insulting and kicking you again."
"And we know you will do this, and demand more. Because we know you are patsies."
Israel USA — The identical white European supremacists
Empire USA Israel, surely it is ruled by the corporate rich power combine that funds most all of our election campaigns. So, comes now the fake illusion that we are not a unified Empire, that the politicians of Israel are completely autonomous and independent of both the politicians of USA and the corporate rich that rules supreme over all our Empire.
But, without Israel would we have a monopoly on the use of force and violence in the Middle-East, namely without the nukes of Israel would we have been able since 1948 to maximize profit in trading war materials for Middle-East oil?
No suspense. US veto assured. No slave defies his master.Talk about not taking any decision etc are all theatrics