Obama gets unusual boost from U.N.
United Nations General Assembly President Joseph Deiss addresses the United Nations in New York in this September 23, 2010 file photo.
/ Don Emmert/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Barack Obama has objected to a Palestinian bid for a vote on a United Nations resolution to create a Palestinian state, which would require a two-thirds majority to pass. "Symbolic actions to isolate Israel at the United Nations in September won't create an independent state," Mr. Obama said May 19.
Now the leader of the General Assembly says such a vote should not happen until the initiative has first passed through the U.N. Security Council - where the United States has a veto.
The President of the General Assembly, Joseph Deiss of Switzerland, made clear at a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York Friday that the larger General Assembly could not vote on Palestinian statehood without a recommendation first by the 15-nation Security Council, reports CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk.
"So the General Assembly cannot take the initiative, but we are ready to do our work as soon as a recommendation of the Security Council would be addressed," Deiss said.
Palestinian representatives at the U.N. have said they will have more than the required two-thirds majority to pass in the General Assembly. However, under the U.N. Charter, a membership bid has to go to the Security Council first.
Netanyahu aims to prevent U.N. vote on Palestine
Confirming earlier comments that the Palestinian leadership at the U.N. might wait to see if negotiations were back on track before moving forward on a bid for membership, President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, attending a Doha meeting of Arab states, said that Palestinians are not seeking to isolate Israel on the international stage, but will pursue their unilateral drive for U.N. recognition of statehood unless peace talks resume, Reuters reported.
The incoming leadership of the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council may have a different interpretation of the steps that Palestine may take in order to make their point about growing support for membership.
The Swiss President of the General Assembly turns the podium in September to Qatar's U.N. Ambassador Nasr Abdulaziz al-Nasser, after an election in June, and the Security Council will be chaired by Lebanon's Permanent Representative, a change that could lead the way to votes on more symbolic moves by the Palestinian leadership. Because the U.N. Charter is silent on the issue of "observer" entities, there have been some rumblings that Palestine would seek a vote to change its status from observer entity to observer state.
Supporters of Palestinian state could circumvent U.S. veto at U.N.
President Obama has been clear on the U.S. position. In his Middle East speech last week, he said, "Symbolic actions to isolate Israel at the United Nations in September won't create an independent state."
But the White House's efforts to get stalled peace talks back on track will be difficult. Middle East special envoy George Mitchell left the administration's team recently. And, during Mr. Obama's Europe trip, his effort to persuade U.S. allies - including British Prime Minister David Cameron - not to support the Palestinian efforts for statehood were inconclusive.
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1. All military powers in history with no exception ultimately came crashing down. Someone stronger always comes, and it does not take a rocket scientist to see (just look around you) this coming and not ending well for the current military power in Palestine. Forward-seeing Jewish people under the Zionist regime already started packing up and leaving for Australia, South America, and the U.S. before this occurs.
2. It is obvious that the Zionist regime survives mainly because of its external allies who so far provided it with money, weapons, political support, access to markets, etc. After countless U.N. human rights violations, killing of its allies' citizens (search on youtube for American "Rachel Corrie" video of Zionist bulldozer crushing her to death), forging of its allies' passports in acts of murder, etc. its former allies are increasingly turning against the Zionist regime. Who would want to be remembered in history as an accomplice in international murders and especially of their own citizens.
3. Not only that the list of remaining supporters is growing thinner, but an international coalition is formed and growing larger of countries that are cutting all economic and diplomatic relations with the Zionist regime.
4. No country ever survived a complete isolation from its neighbors. No person of the area currently under Zionist occupation can obtain any type of visa from any of the surrounding countries for any reason - a complete land lock.
5. Well attended speeches take place almost weekly at colleges and universities across the U.S. and the world condemning the Zionist regime, their remaining supporters, and companies that do any business there. These speeches are often lead by moral Jewish people, church leaders, business people, etc., in addition to traditional peace activists.
6. The West where most of the traditional supporters of the Zionist regime are located is loosing global influence. China, the Middle East, South East Asia, Russia, South America, etc. are emerging as new pockets of economic and political power where the Zionist regime has angered most of the population.
7. Not only that the West is declining, but Zionists are loosing political control in the declining West. Diversity is bringing minority groups into politics, groups that are actively opposing the Zionist regime.
In conclusion, the Zionist regime is negotiating now because its future is changing for much worse. It knows that it temporarily exists now only through the force of its arms and this will be short-lived. It knows that it is at its peak and a downturn has come. It is a mistake to negotiate with the Zionist regime at the present time. But, if you have to negotiate, do not accept anything less than a single region in question (single state) where all who live there are equal. Any other "solution" would just reward the Zionist regime at the time of its demise. If the Zionist regime wants true piece, let's not make it dependent on Zionist political and land acquisition goals, but on democratic vote for all who live there and making everyone equal (something we Americans cherish so passionately).
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The only solution for a lasting peace is absolute democratic process (that we Americans cherish so passionately) for the entire territory in question, otherwise, the peace will not last. All people who lived there without regard to religion, race, etc. should vote on how they would like their one country to be run. I favor one state solution because two states would only attempt to "legalize" Zionist occupation that will be remembered in history until it is corrected by future large scale conflicts, so no lasting peace will result.
The only issue with the fair democratic process is what to do with all manipulated Jewish people who the Zionist regime imported for decades to increase the Jewish population from around 100,000 to over 5 Million since the start of the occupation. This is obviously an attempt to unjustly manipulate any future democratic process by forcefully increasing the occupier's population at the expense of others. Any compromise other than the absolute fair democratic process with no manipulated population will be temporary with terrible conflicts looming to correct it in the future.
The truth is that the Zionist regime will not accept any democratic process even if the manipulated Jewish population is included because it cannot exist as a democratic country as Zionists will be outvoted by all others who live there (Zionists were in an infinite minority before the occupation). The Zionist regime can only temporarily exist through the force of its arms as a one people country where only select ones can vote and where different laws apply to different people.
The world must stand up against the Zionist regime by cutting all diplomatic and economic relations with it. Many countries have already stopped all relations with the Zionist regime and others are in the process of doing the same. We Americans need to completely distance ourselves from this oppressive regime through urging our state representatives and senators to do what the rest of the world is doing
The headlines on many sites reads, Harper either pulls, stops, sticks up for, etc...that 67 borders language not be in the G8 statement.
Which is very interesting to me because he endorsed the president's speech in its entirety and it includes the borders with land swaps? The G8 statement says;
"The framework for these negotiations is well known. We urge both parties to return to substantive talks with a view to concluding a framework agreement on all final status issues. "To that effect, we express our strong support for the vision of Israeli-Palestinian peace outlined by President Obama on May 19, 2011."
PM Harper supports President Obama's speech in its entirety the G8 supports his speech as the basis to move forward to a new peace process. It appears to me that all this was put on to give Mr. Netanyahu the illusion that he won.
If Mr. Netanyahu government does not think we support them lets punt the problem to Canada and let them represent Israel at the UN. We can remain neutral on the Security Council and abstain on any vote for Palestinian statehood. Neither side can blame us and let the chips fall where it will.
I guess there may be one small problem Canada does not have a seat on the UN Security Council.
The KKK taught you well, didn't they!!!
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Everyone that calls someone else a racist because they see Obama for the incompetent fool he is are themselves racist. Obama is half white remember? You can disagree with the idiot fool Obama weather you are black or white. Your only a racist if you support just because he is black or hate him just because he is black. You need to stop being a racist while calling everyone else a racist. There is no room in America anymore for racist like you.
He may not be all things to all of his people, but with his help America may again become the great nation it was before the last encumbent in the President's office destroted America's credibility.
Do you think the US was wise or unwise in returning the lands in Europe, Japan, and the Pacific that we occupied after WWII? What do you think it would have happened had we not returned those lands? I bet WWII would still be going on, but in a different way.
You can try to capture another countries land, but if they fight back, then you'll have to choose between a perpetual war and giving the land back. The difference here is that the Mexicans, for whatever reason, they did not see the need to fight back. Had they done that, we would have had to reach an agreement, because nobody in the US or Mexico are stupid enough to want a perpetual war. The Israelis are the only idiots in the history of the world who do not mind fighting perpetual wars. It is really that simple.