Palestinians shout slogans during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 29, 2012. (Reuters/Marko Djurica)
The UN General Assembly has voted to upgrade Palestinians’ diplomatic
status to a “non-member observer state,” thus implicitly recognizing a
Palestinian state. This comes despite strong opposition from the US and
Israel.
The Palestinian bid has been upheld with 138 votes in favor, 9 against and 41 abstentions.
Addressing
the General Assembly on Thursday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
said the historic vote was the last chance to save the two-state
solution. He also told the meeting that it “is being asked today to issue the birth certificate of Palestine.”
In
his speech Abbas mentioned Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza that took
place this month and stressed that the Palestinians would accept "no less than the independence of the state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital."
The Israeli government has described Abbas’s speech, which was met with a standing ovation at the General Assembly, as “defamatory and venomous.”"The
world watched a defamatory and venomous speech that was full of
mendacious propaganda against the IDF (army) and the citizens of
Israel," the Israeli PM’s office said in a statement.
Israeli UN ambassador, Ron Prosor, warned the General Assembly that “the Palestinians are turning their backs on peace.''
Mahmoud
Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, speaks to the United
Nations General Assembly before the body votes on a resolution to
upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember observer
state November 29, 2012.(AFP Photo / Henny Ray Abrams)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the parties to renew their commitment to negotiating a peace deal.
However
the US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice said the UN's vote on the
Palestinians’ status places further obstacles in the path of peace. "Today's grand pronouncements will soon fade and the Palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little has changed," she told the assembly with a somber voice. "This resolution does not establish that Palestine is a state."
The vote could be seen as an embarrassing defeat for Washington, which has always been a staunch ally of Israel.
UN
move to upgrade Palestinians’ diplomatic status is a strong gesture of
support to the Palestinians which could help end the stalemate in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told RT.
“We
think it’s very important to make sure that it can be used as a
stepping stone for restarting the negotiations between the Israelis and
the Palestinians.”
The international community is fed up with the conflict, he said. “Countries in the United Nations believe that dramatic steps need to be taken in order to have this conflict resolved.”
The
Palestinian bid to join the global body as a full member state failed
in 2011 due to lack of support at the UN Security Council. To get the
“non-member observer state” status, the Palestinians only needed a
simple majority at the 193-member General Assembly, such status is
already held by the Vatican.
Among many other nations the
Palestinian bid for an upgraded diplomatic status was backed by a number
of EU states, including France, Spain, Denmark, Portugal and Austria.
The bid had overwhelming support from developing nations.
Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (C) and the delegation celebrate
after the United Nations General Assembly voted to approve a resolution
to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember
observer state November 29, 2012.(AFP Photo / Stan Honda)
The
nations who voted against the upgrade of Palestinian status were the
United States, Israel, Canada, the Czech Republic and Panama. The notion
of Palestinian statehood was also objected to by several Pacific island
nations, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru and Palau.
The
Palestine Liberation Organization, the umbrella group of various
Palestinian factions, had previously had only “permanent observer”
status at the UN.
The new status now grants the Palestinians more
weight in peace talks with Israel and gives it a greater chance of
joining UN agencies and the International Criminal Court (ICC). Joining
the ICC would give the Palestinians greater legal basis for pursuing
possible war-crimes prosecutions against the Israeli military.
However
despite the support, the French Foreign Minister has warned
Palestinians against pursuing Israel in the International Criminal
Court, calling such a move “counter-productive.”
Following
the announcement, Palestinians erupted in celebrations, hugging each
other, waving flags and setting off fireworks. A crowd of at least 2,000
poured onto a square in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Joyful crowds
also gathered in the isolated Gaza Strip, which was the scene of recent
fighting between Palestinians and the Israeli Defense Force.
“It's a great feeling to have a state, even if in name only,” a civil servant Mohammed Srour told AP in Ramallah. “The
most beautiful dream of any man is to have an independent state,
particularly for us Palestinians who have lived under occupation for a
long time.''
Palestinian
supporters of Fatah (L) and Hamas (R) celebrate together in Gaza City
early on November 30, 2012.(AFP Photo / Patrick Baz)
Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 29, 2012.(AFP Photo / Abbas Momani)
Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 29, 2012.(AFP Photo / Abbas Momani)
Iran sends hundreds of Fajr-5 Missiles To Gaza
An Iranian 150-ton freighter departed Bandar Abbas port Sunday, Nov. 18, with a cargo of 220 short-range missiles and 50 improved long-range Fajr-5 rockets for the Gaza Strip, DEBKAfile’s intelligence sources report. The ship turned toward the Bab al-Mandeb Straits and the Red Sea.
The Iranian weapons, called Fajr-5 missiles, give Hamas the ability to strike deeper into Israel than ever before.
The new Fajr-5′s have a 200-kilo warhead, which packs a bigger punch than the 175 kilos of explosives delivered by the rockets in current use with the Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip. To extend their range to cover the 85 kilometers from Gaza to Tel Aviv, Hamas removed a part of their payloads to make them lighter.
Tehran is sending the fresh supply of disassembled rockets to replenish the stocks its allies, the Palestinian Hamas and Jihad Islami, depleted in their round-the-clock attacks on Israel since Nov. 10.
To throw Israeli surveillance off the trail, the ship started its voyage called Vali-e Asr owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, and was quickly renamed Cargo Star and hoisted the flag of Tuvalu. This South Pacific island nation, which lies between Hawaii and Australia, has a tiny population of 11,000, most of them Polynesians. Iran provides most of its revenue since earlier this year when Prime Minister Willy Telavi agreed to register Iran’s entire tanker fleet of 22 vessels to Tuvalu, to help Tehran dodge the US-EU oil embargo.
"Our intelligence sources have learned that four big Sudanese shipping boats sailed out of Port Sudan early Monday and are waiting to rendezvous with the Cargo Star and offload its missile cargo in mid-sea."
The Sudanese will then be told by Tehran whether put into Port Sudan with the missiles, or turn north and sail up the Red Sea to the Straits of Tiran to link up with Egyptian fishing boats which regularly ply this waterway in the service of Palestinian-Iranian smuggling networks. They would unload the missile cargo in a quiet inlet on the Sinai coast. From there, it would be carried to the smuggling tunnels running from Sinai under the border into the Gaza Strip.\
Palestinian teams assisted by Iranian and Hizballah technicians in the Gaza Strip would then assemble the new rockets and make them operational.
Through most of the voyage, two Iranian warships, the Khark heliicopter carrier and Shahid Naqdi destroyer, which are posted permanently in the Red Sea, escorted the arms ship until the cargo changed hands.
DEBKAfile’s Iranian sources also disclose that the Jihad Islami leader Ramadan Abdullah Shelah was sharply remanded by Tehran for meeting Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo Sunday to discuss terms for halting Israel’s counter-missile operation in Gaza now in its sixth day.
Iran bankrolls these Palestinian extremists and has no intention of letting Shelah bow to Cairo’s wishes which run counter to Tehran’s plans and interests.
While Egypt’s new Islamist leaders are intent on carving out for themselves a responsible role in the region by restoring order, solving crises and restraining radicals, radical Iran has its own fish to fry and is bent on escalating war tensions in the Middle East. source – DEBKA
Israel is now in an all-out war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip–Israel is currently surrounded by hostile armies: Hamas and Egypt to the south; Lebanon and Syria to the north; Jordan to the East.
IDF Spokesperson: 11/17 update: 740 terrorist rockets have been fired from Palestinian terrorists into Israel since start of operation.
Hamas to Israelis: “We’ve missed the suicide attacks, expect us soon at bus stations and in cafés”
Militant Muslims Cutting Out Tongues
This list of the almost 20,000 terrorist attacks committed by Muslims since 9/11/01 (a rate of about five a day)
Some Documented Terrorist Attacks in Just the Last Few Days–Islam’s Latest Contributions to Peace & Love
Islamic Pedophile Muhammad Married a Little Girl Named Aisha at the Age of 6, so Islamic Pedophile Dr. Salih bin Fawzan (a cleric in Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council) decides to top that by issuing a fatwa asserting that there is no minimum age for marriage, and that girls can be married “even if they are in the cradle.” He says the only criteria for raping the child is whether the child is literally physically capable of “bearing the weight” of her new husband/molester!!!
Israeli Channel 2 reporting 75,000 army reservists now being drafted
Muslim Brotherhood now targeting Jordan–“King Abdullah is hanging by a thread,” “He has 20 percent approval in the country. The Muslim Brotherhood sees this as their opportunity to rise up after what they saw happen in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and now Syria.”
Hamas uses its own civilians as human shields
Fraud: CNN Uses Video Footage Of Faked Palestinian ‘Injuries’
*Part 2 Table of Contents:
Full On War In Israel, 2nd Great Depression Looms, Inflation Fears Are Growing, A Bank Run Is Imminent, Secession Movement Explodes, And Obama Is Building His Own Massive Civilian National Security Force! GET PREPARED!!!
Jill Kelley Helped Muslim Nations, Hezbollah Infiltrate Central Command, MacDill Base; “Go To Girl” For Muslim Parties w/ Generals
Jill Kelley, woman at heart of David Petraeus scandal, had tour of White House just days before CIA head’s resignation.
Petraeus ‘Knew Almost Immediately’ Al Qaeda-Linked Group Responsible for Benghazi
Intel officials unable to say who changed CIA talking points on Libya, lawmaker says
2nd Great Depression looms Morici: Tax Hikes on Rich Won’t Solve Fiscal Woes, Depression Possible
No Fiscal Cliff Worries!! Legendary Billionaire Warren Buffet assures us the American economy is resilient enough to withstand this kind of hit, even if Congress and the President do nothing!
‘We have no future!’ EU anger unites millions in protest
US Bank Run Dead Ahead? FDIC Expanded Deposit Insurance Ends Dec 31st
Succession Movement Gains Momentum
Obama Supporters Call For Secessionists to be Deported
HE’S NOT JOKING: Obama Is Building His Own Massive Civilian National Security Force!
America’s Brownshirts – Homeland Security graduates first Corps of Homeland Youth
Biblical Preparation Regarding the End-times
Massive Voter Fraud: Obama Wins 99+% of Vote in 100′s of Precincts, GOP Inspectors Forced Out, Provisional Ballots Ignored
2012 Election Fraud: Zero votes for Romney in 68 precincts in Philadelphia and Cleveland
Can you believe that Mitt Romney received not one vote in 59 precincts in Philadelphia? World Net Daily has been alleging Democrat voter fraud ever since the election
In a little book called the Bible, God has very specific ideas about who it is that owns the land of Israel and how He feels about people – any people – who think they can divide it up for personal, financial or political gain. The prophet Joel laid out a very serious scenario that has God destroying all the nations that felt that they had the right to divide and partition off the land.
“I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” Joel 3:2
Notice how God says that Israel is “His land”, and is not up for grabs by the United Nations, the Quartet, the United States or anyone else. God won’t even allow the Jews themselves to divide it up. Now, let’s get on with today’s story…
Mitt Romney confirms support for Palestinian state
When we reported to you back on August 23rd, that Mitt Romney’s team was fighting for inclusion of language into the official RNC platform that would support the creation of a Palestinian state, there were many of you that were offended by that. In fact, you were quite vocal in your responses using very colorful language to get your point across. Mostly, you just called us “liars” and “fear mongers” for daring to suggest such a thing. Especially after Romney had just completed a trip to Israel showing his support for them. But facts are stubborn things, and here we are a week later with everything we said in our story confirmed.
“…we envision two democratic states - Israel with Jerusalem as its capital and Palestine - living in peace and security. For that to happen, the Palestinian people must support leaders who reject terror, embrace the institutions and ethos of democracy, and respect the rule of law. We call on Arab governments throughout the region to help advance that goal.” – Mitt Romney 2012 RNC Convention
This is language that members of the RNC fought to exclude, but as we reported, was fought for and won by Romney’s team. Mitt Romney absolutely, 100% wishes to be a driving force in the creation of a Palestinian state created from partitioned land from the state of Israel. A phone call was placed to the RNC Communications Office to verify if the PDF on the website represented the official platform of Mitt Romney and the RNC. They assured me that it did. You may read the PDF in it’s entirety by clicking here.
