World Gears Up for Palestinian Statehood Vote
November 27, 2012 15:46 by Pesach Benson
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Today’s Top Stories
1. The UN General Assembly’s Palestinian statehood vote’s on Thursday. Britain looks likely support the Palestinian statehood bid, reports the Financial Times (via Google News). The FT says London wants three Palestinian assurances:
• The PA won’t join the International Criminal Court or other UN agencies.
• The PA won’t use non-member observer status as a stepping stone for full statehood in the UN Security Council.
• A renewed PA commitment to immediately return to peace talks without preconditions.
Meanwhile, Australia will abstain on Palestinian statehood vote. According to ABC News, Prime Minister Julia Gillard opposes statehood, but agreed to abstain as a compromise with her deeply divided Labor Party. The Sydney Morning Herald describes the backbench revolt Gillard faced.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard
2. Mohammed Morsi’s power play quickly eclipsed international attention on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Morsi seems to be backing down somewhat. Weighing in on the would-be autocrat, see staff-eds in the NY Times and Washington Post, Bret Stephens (via Google News), Michael Totten, Eric Trager, and Jonah Goldberg.
3. Can you imagine the outrage if Israel did this?
• Damascus playground hit by cluster bombs: 10 children dead, 70 bomblets found
• Syria systematically demolishes homes in pro-rebel neighborhoods: regime claims it’s clearing illegal slums.
World Gears Up for Palestinian Statehood Vote | Blogs about Israel aggregation
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Harry Grunstein
9:24 pm
Nov 27, 2012
We should all feel compassion for the residents of the Gaza as they are the pawns in the game that Iran is playing against Israel.
The Iranian game is is death to all Zionists, specifically, “Death to Israel !” and all of its democratic ideals !
The Israeli side of the board is, ” Please, let us all live in peace ! ”
The rulers in Iran are delighted to watch the Gazans die as they create a global hatred of Israel due to the suicidal Gazan efforts.
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Harry Grunstein
9:28 pm
Nov 27, 2012
Yes, we must feel remorse for the people of the Gaza as they are the pawns in the games of Iran !
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Stephen
9:46 pm
Nov 27, 2012
If they are so against being puppets, there are enough of them to go after the now disorganised Hamas. But instead they cheer in the streets when Jews/Israelis are killed. They give their children as human shields around Hamas leaders and rocket launchers. The give their sons and daughters up for mobile bombs, They supply their teens to Hamas as future “fighters”.
Large demonstrations break out against any hint of peace, and there are always large demonstrations supporting Hamas.
Gaza’s people chant, just as Iran, is death to Israel, death to Jews. Nothing to do with puppet masters.
At what point will they finally be held responsible for their own actions?
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Stephen
9:33 pm
Nov 27, 2012
Regarding Montreal radio host, its not surprising nor is it uncommon to hear this on French TV, radio, read it in the French papers, or hear it in the streets.
Quebec is fairly racist if you aren’t old French. The unrestricted use of the English language is prohibited. Its very insular with a us vs them attitude. They haven’t figured out how they stand re: Muslims/Arabs, but most are with the Arabs no matter what when it comes to Israel.
Jews have all the money, control everything, are thieves, and aren’t part of the “pure laine” of Quebec. We are “les autres” – outsiders.
The elephant in the room, racism, is never mentioned. If you dare, you are called the racist.
I’m moving.
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Sylvie Schapira
10:29 pm
Nov 27, 2012
The.antisemitic Quebecois has something in common then with the loony-lefty; they both believe they are powerless and rejected by the ‘powerful’. They also share envy of those who are successful (Israel, in spite of the depleting wars). So this is why they identify with the Palestinian? One theory, I know, but it also has to do with pure and simple hatred of Jews. If Israel were fighting man-eating spiders, there would be marches and protests to protect the spiders! Thank God we have a country that stands up and fights back. Glad Israel will have David’s Sling, and wish it would get Batsheva’s Boomerang and send every Arab missile right back to where it came from!
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Frank Adam
11:15 pm
Nov 27, 2012
“Tell me the old, old story…” as the English hymn lyric runs. Everything in the published story of the British Bletchley Park WWII code breaking operations was helped by operator carelessness/ fatigue or sloppy use of coding procedure or systems.
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