In a move that is widely expected to result in condemnation from Israel’s Foreign Ministry (which objects to any such moves on general principle) Britain is poised to announce a significant upgrade of the diplomatic status of Palestine.
The exact details of the new status were not clear, but will move the Palestinians above the”general delegation” level that they have long been stalled at, and closer to recognition as an independent nation. It will stop short, we are told, from the full recognition Argentina and other South American nations issued to Palestine recently.
Upgrades a few months ago were no big deal, but since Israel ended its settlement freeze and, by extension, the peace talks, Israeli officials have perceived diplomatic upgrades as an affront.
But with Israeli NGOs condemning Britain in general in recent days, the move will be even more contentious in this case, and the Cameron government’s insistence that they support Israel above all else will be increasingly under question. While this is hardly the political kiss of death it might be in the US, the Cameron government may well find some backbenchers up in arms over the move.
Two state solution has been the official position of the Israel government. How many billions of dollars has Israel accepted to help in the road map to peace. Lets be clear nothing is going to make Israel happy and they are clearly on the road to a civil war between the orthodox and secular jews. Lets stop the civil war between the jews by stopping their insane positions on matters. Can you imagine a civil war with nuclear weapons? Can you image the damage that 300 nuclear bombs can do to Greater Israel? It is amazing the insanity of their actions.
A civil war between jews? I don't see that ever happening. The settler mentality rules israel, as it does the US.
Neither do I . Israelis are too much brainwashed.
Make no mistake, the "official position of the Israeli govt" is a lie. The intent is, as it has been from the time of the Balfour Declaration, to have all of mandate Palestine, all of it, and to have it cleansed of all muslims. And there will be no civil war. The overwhelming majority of "moderate" Israelis are enablers, like there counterparts in the "liberal" US Jewish community. They all voice a certain discomfort at the situation, and the Palestinian distress, but that is as far as it will ever go. At the first sign of genuine danger from the outside, all the enablers will support with only the slightest hesitation, whatever violence is proposed and then carried out. And of course they will scream "anti-semitism" to the heavens when they get the eventual comeuppance they have worked so hard for over this last century.
They got all A's in school, but flunked life. So sad.
Cleansed of Muslims yes,but also of Christians.
Greater israel, Greater Germany, Greater Japan…The first one is on the death row as the ither two.
Civil war will help the world peace, as today's israel with its policies and war crimes is what Germany was under Hitler.
Thank God that somewhere within the "DEMOCRACIES" there is hope for international law! It certainly will not come from the United States with its news media absolutely frightened to print or release anything critical of Israel within the country. There is no discussion of any of Israel's actions against the US, nor is there any discussion among the press of using US tax dollars to keep Israel a county with undeclared borders in the Middle East. Moreover, nuclear hegemony in the Middle East will not save Israel as a democracy which it presently is not. It is an apartheid state! This is how the dollars taken from US citizens is used by our politicians.
One of the interesting things about the Cameron government is the way it has not lived up to American expectations. Everybody supposed that Cameron would be "Son of Thatcher", but instead, he is cutting defence spending and saying Britain can no longer blindly support US wars, coming to the aid of the euro and, now, downgrading support for Israel. In practice, though, European governments have never been particularly "pro-Israel" or, for that matter, "pro-Palestine". The "European street" simply wants to keep out of other people's fights and if the Israelis (and, worse than them, their American supporters!) didn't keep trying to drag European countries in the fight on Israel's side, there is little inherent hostility to Israel in Europe. Thus, the Palestinians are turned into what the marxists used to call the "objective allies" of Europe, notwithstanding the fact that, in practice, Europeans want as little to do with them as with the Israelis.
We'll see if that actually happens. I wouldn't bet on it.
Danial (PBUH) on his description of the Jews 2300 years ago describes the Jews as PARASITES. Parasites can't live on each others, hence, they need other flesh to feed on, therefore, Jews will never fight each others but they will keep on murdering innocent Palestinians until their day comes when they will be destroyed according to their own prophecy.
If the U.S Media will report all of the Israeli false flag operations as well as the Israeli ATTACK on the USS LIBERTY that killed 34 and wounded 174 U.S. Servicemen, that Israel shot up the life rafts but in the water, then AMERICANS will see Israel for the TERRORIST Nation it is!!!!
Everything and anything "irks" Israel. But how dare Amerikans take a step in the ME without obtaining prior approval from Israel? The nerve!
What a mess. Israel was a mistake.
The Israelis don't want peace now- they never have and never will.
Do we see cracks aappearing in the western world protecting the Zionist state ? The UK seeking to open diplomatic relations with the Palestinians; Latin American countries recognizing Palestinian state on the West Bank ? Would it not be wonderful to to have a truly sovereign democratic multicultural Palestinian state where Muslims, Christians and yes Jews can live peacefully together and where a Jew can marry an Arab and vise versa. Could this eventually lead to an unitary state ? Is that what the Zionists are afraid of ? Would it not be a great example to the Israeli one religion state ? I have never believed in the two state solution, so I may be daydreaming; it may just be wishful thinking. The Zionists will no doubt invent new provocations same as they do in Gaza to continue their war and the western world's corporate media will no doubt comply by desseminating their propaganda.
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I also can't understand why anyone imagines that two states, vying for resources,access to land, holy sites,water,all crushed into a very small area,and with a non contiguous Palestine state, can have any hopes for a peaceful existence. Much better for them all to live together like civilised people.