A UN Security council resolution on Palestinian statehood by 2017 has failed, with 8 votes in favor, one short of the nine needed for passage. Even then, the vote wasn’t going through, as the US vetoed it.
The US had promised the veto, and reportedly threatened to sanction the Palestinians for even presenting the doomed bill, which called for Israel to end the occupation by 2017.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman termed the resolution a “act of aggression,” and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied heavily for the US veto against it.
Still unclear is the fate of an alternative version proposed by the French government, which is significantly watered down and only calls for the resumption of peace talks in the next two years. Israel is pushing a veto, but the US hasn’t yet made its intentions clear.
Such a concentration of power — How stupid can we humans be?
There is something most profound about the human psychic that caused all the world to stand mute while Russia, China and USA created a UN Security Counsel to gain such absolute and supreme power over all humanity. But why, do we humans desire to be always enslaved by such demigods?
Vote WAS shown on BBC, not even a mention on ABC, NBC, CBS or PBS news.
Censorship for the sheeple that they might see it !!!
Agree 100% with OHYeah. Just another example of the failure of the mainstream media to inform the American public. Americans — not entirely their own fault — know less about the world than Ms Bachman, et. al.
Remember all the concern when the State Department said it wasn't sure it would veto the resolution. It was a foregone conclusion that they would veto it but some drama and passive aggressive Kabuki was needed to show how "impartial" or free from obediance to Israel they were. No only is the State Department not a diplomatic organization any longer with the likes of neocon Victoria Nuland, aka Vicky Kagan, but it's become an extension of the CIA and Pentagon. Very sad indeed.
Until the UN has an override to the veto system it will just be a puppet to the five permanent members!
how sad. what use is the UN?
Of use in preventing at least a part of the US plans for aggression in foreign countries. Mainly Russia and China have been active on that front. And in this case, of use because it exposes the US in the eyes of the world. As well as, allowing the US to put some legality behind it's refusal to allow some fairness and eventually peace for the Palestinian people.
The subhumans dared to defy against the full humans. They must be punished.
Glad to see the French voting in favor.
How much did the US have to pay Australia and the abstaining countries?
Australia didn't need to be paid by the US,lickspittling to the United States is something our gutless politicians do very well out here thank you very much!
No one had to pay the Australians They are as big an Israelbot as the U.S.
But one of the reasons why US politicians are owned by israel is money–campaign contributions and all that. Is that the same in Australia?
I don't understand why Obama does this. He no longer need fear the Israel Lobby, and they have given him every possible incentive to strike back.
He does it because this is what he believes is right. He does if for the future power of the Democratic Party. He does it because it doesn't know better.
Also, remember that the future Presidential Library is planned to be built on some very expensive real estate in Hawaii – never too soon to line up donations. I see some hefty checks coming in from Sheldon Adelson, etc.
This is the one area where so-called "peace activists" would like to violate the non-aggression principle against a country Israel. Sanctions and mandates placed on Iran are acts of war. The same holds true with those against Israel. Either these "peace activists" can't comprehend that simple disparity or their bigotry against Israelis forces them to be inconsistent.
Bla bla bla, nonwithstanddind the proven criminality of the shi**y country called Israel. Nobody in recent history has acted more criminal than Israel and the US, so any act of war against it is probably the only way to make them join the human race again. Maybe peace activists realize this and zionists don't.
All states act criminally most (if not all) of the time. States as such are nothing more than overgrown street gangs.
Be anti-war or don't be anti-war. Don't pretend that "anti-war except pro-war if it's war against Israel" is anti-war.
Exactly my thoughts Thomas. Apparently, many people on this forum have a unique hatred of the government of Israel over every other government. (All governments should be hated in my opinion). Perhaps they just have a unique hatred of Jews/Israel. I don't know what it is. But I am entertained by the inconsistency.
Who said I was a "Zionist." I'm just a principled peace activist committed to the non-aggression principle. Apparently, you are not.
No need for sanctions and mandates. Stop the money, cut Israel off and let them fend for themselves. No bigotry or inconsistencies. Its time to remove the parasite, off of the back, of the American people.
Would you also say the same about removing all foreign aid or just foreign aid to Israel?
ALL…
"Foreign aid" is just aid to governments to buy weapons from us, to continue to subjugate their population. So,yes. All foreign aid should be cut.
Your principles notwithstanding, all we are saying is that the favoritism for Israel should be abolished. We don't need sanctions by the U.S., just stop with the diplomatic cover and see how things change.
I'm down with that. As long as the policy is consistent.
I don't see any other gov'ts acting aggressively against the gov't of Israel, do you? In fact, mostly they just kiss ass. Mostly we see Israelis, regardless of their gov, acting aggressively towards every state's gov't and people that surrounds it. They lead the league in violence over there, it is no secret, so let's not fall for the victim tribe routine. Is it violating some secret ironclad principle to call out an extremist warmonger nation and gov't for what it is? And why do we hear about the endless killing by Israel.gov, far more than any others? Simple antisemitism? Yeah, right. I don't know about you but clearly no one is waging war like the US and Israel, that's for damn sure.
Gareth Porter puts forward a very convincing case against sanctions on Iran. Perhaps you have read some of his articles on this site.
However, the UN resolution mentioned in this article, as far as I understand, concerned a withdrawal of military forces from illegally occupied territory. How this becomes bigotry in your eyes is beyond comprehension. Tiresome and gratuitous allegations of prejudice by hasbara propagandists have become absolutely transparent, so please address the issue mentioned in the article if you want to contribute to the conversation.
Thank-you
SHAME
Now the whole world knows the TRUE "axis of evil"
America, Australia and Isreal
Israel will live and if you think the jews care about what a bunch of morons say on this site is laughable the jews have serviced and will not be destroyed by Arab miscreants
Haha.
I see the hasbarists have discovered our little site.
Desperate lunatics all slithering out of their holes, trying to justify and whitewash the inherent violence and racism of their little pissant state. WE'RE the sick ones, the crazy ones, who do not support this. Sure. Keep thinking that, in all you repugnance.
Unfortunately theres no Block button for low IQ zionist trolls.
So instead they have signed the Treaty of Rome, which means that they can ask for and receive war crime investigations committed on their soil! Whilst Israel made the comment that the Palestinians can also have war crime charges brought against them! ONE slight problem there who is going to bring them, one has to be a signatory of the treaty of Rome to do that and Israel isn't one! OOOPS!
While there will be some making the claim that as the Israeli's are not bound by the treaty, and there is little problems for some one charged or in fact convicted, there is the stigma that an International court has ruled a countries leadership as War Criminals and in fact there is the requirement to arrest those peoples if they ever set foot in a signatory nation! How will the United States react when an International court rules that Israel is in fact a nation run by convicted war criminals!
We will NEVER stop sucking Israel's reedy cock.
Sorry Palestinians, the dumbfucks have spoken.
everything the entire MSM omitted from their utterly dishonest reports about the following:
Revealed: Gaza orphans Israel trip was government-backed PR stunt
“The laughable notion that this trip was an Israeli PR ploy is belied by the fact that no one knew about it until Hamas crushed it,” he (Jewish Agency's Avi Mayer) added.
What Mayer didn’t explain is how all the journalists gathered on the Israeli side of Erez knew to be there to wait for the children…. http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/…