"Israel's proposition on the matter received 1,197 votes in favor, and a proposition put forward by Iran and the Arab world received 538 supporting votes." Now THAT is what I call a plurality!

I cant imagine why Y-net news thinks of this as a victory; avoiding a loss is not victory so let's put things into their real perspective. Puting this as the main topic in the website is even more suprising and is obviously very politicised and is only a coverup of this government 's failure to deal with the actual loss of the Goldstone report vote....but i dare Ynet news to publish this :)

now thats the truth

You are right, it is no victory, but you are wrong, the Goldstone report has nothing to do with this government. The Goldstone report was aimed at the previous government and accuses Olmert, Livni and Barak of being war criminals.

I mean for goodness sakes, anyone would think that all the world's problems begin and end in Israel. This vote is proof that Israel's detractors have a long way to go before they can convince the reasonable majority. This pre-occupation with all-things Israeli is sick and although Israel is not perfect - its definitely not as bad as portrayed - if at all. Fancy - Iran, of all countries to actually finger point. The regime there has zero credibility of its own. Not a day goes by where some primitive, gross violation of its citizens occurs or its leaders are slandering , threatening Israel. This is sick. Those that support the regime (many often comment here), turn a blind eye to the regime's shortcomings and expect normal, reasonable people to go along with them. That will never happen. Not without a fight.

Then why do you comment on so many ISRAELI sites? You are obsessed with us!

Now THAT'S the truth..

You wouldn't know "truth", "justice" and "human rights" if they all hit you smack on your hateful and racist head. Tell me, do you really enjoy sticking your venomous tongue into Islamo-Anarchist @$$?

what it had to give in exchange for this "alleged victory"!

"Hallelujah" for what? You've already been certified by the united nations as being war criminals! I agree with #2, Victory my @$$ !

ok marco. do tell us what israel had to give. please provide sources, articles and foot notes. common, you know. what did israel really give?????? you got it right. NOTHING. except decency, the truth and honesty. the vote of a thousand and more compared to only 500 or so showed that israel gave NOTHING and most of the voters agreed with it because they are as decent, honest and judging as israel is. most of the 500 votes came from countries that have nothing to give actually and have given only terrorism, repression and abominable human rights records. those in the thousand that votes against these uncivilized, oppressive and barbaric nations have done so because of morality, decency and justice, all things that the 500 have no possesion of. twafik hazmana muhammeed

no marco, israel being named as a "criminal state" by criminals themselves is not a judgement on israel. it is a judgement on the criminals themselves that are hiding their criminality by means of projecting it on israel. you are such a fool. you know only too well that this goldstone report the arabists want passed will never pass in a million years. europe and its leaders are waking up and realizing that these kinds of reports will start with israle and then go on to the rest of decent democratic nations of the world that are non islamic. do you trully believe that europeans and civilized nations will let this report pass? then you are more idiot than you are already! get used to it. islam and its terror will be fought against and all the resolutions and un (useless arab muslim nations) will never win in such decent votes of all nations. deep down, many politicians of all nations, some arab, laugh at un decisions and just pay lip service to the resolution because they know deep inside they are useless and moronic. no matter how much you wish for israel to disappear, it will never ever happen. israel is a very strong, prosperous advanced country which is a gift to humanity in all fields. they are geniuses in everything they do. it would behoove you and others to learn a thing or two from them. even i as a muslim see it and believe it is justified in its war on terror and my belief has nothing to do with betraying islam or my arab and iranian brothers. it has to do with justice, the truth and no hate for anyone, not jews, israelis, arabs or iranians. my disgust is with the despotic regimes that have ruled over us for centuries and that must come down so that we arabs and iranians can finally start developing our societies and countries the way israel has done for the past 61 years so succesfully. when you put your hate, antisemitism and vile mentality aside, you'll come to the same conclusion as i did years ago. hameed aboughaze, iranian

We are sick tired of you vicious,look at your self on a mirror; your mission is kill, my hope is peace.You will die for 72 virgins we want 72 years of peace. Shalom

AND EVEN MORE SICK AND TIRED OF YOU, EZRA OF LONDON. I KNOW I AM. I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE IS TOO.

Marco, if Israel revels something, is the proofs they have that during the operation in Gaza: 1.they called thousands of cell phones so that people leave the house they were going to bomb, 2.why they bombed schools, mosques (because they were being attacked from there). They have videos and proofs of that. The problem is that they are too arrogant to collaborate with the investigation. If they did, the only war crimes proved would be the ones comited by Hamas.

Before you open your mouth you need to start your brain; what you mean when you say ¨What we gives in exchange? They send us rockets on daily base. Let your ETA bombs you with the same frequency they did to us than we will see again the holy inquisition at work

The world is sick and tired of the people behind 9/11. The same ones live in Gaza.

You wouldnt be that @$$ hole Hameed Aboughazi by any chance? You are one and the same. You are not an Iranian but an Israeli idiotic impersonater.

just ignore. He is evil and his intent is to get tbs to his dumb posts. Don't satisfy him

Israelis contradict themselves; they siege Gaza because of being not Israeli, they abort any discussion on Gaza because they say it is Israeli.

All right, I will concede that "Israel" won a momentary victory at the IPU. In history, it even had occasional individual battle victories over the Romans. But you lost in 135 AD and you will ultimately lose the diplomatic, political, and military war, too. This is foreordained.

i don't know who mr. aboughazi is because i have just started reading this ynet site because i wanted to get a view on all sides to be fair. i know the history of the middle east from an islamic perspective as well as the nefarious arab perspective. what i said in my post is directed to you by a democratic and moderate muslim such as myself that doesn't believe in arab propaganda, islamic terror, martyrdom and the backwards mentality of all arab nations in both the middle east, north africa and the arabian penninsula. as a muslim i believe in cooperation, respect for others, listening to both sides and above all realizing that propaganda is not actual facts or history. there are many muslims such as myself that deplore what is going on in the unsc and insist that the un and who sits on the counsel do not speak for us muslims and arabs or iranians that see things differently. why am i a traitor to my own people and religion if i believe in a different set of rules than you do? what i believe is based on extensive reading on both sides as well as a good education and higher education i got in both israeli technion and an american elite university in n.y. i can almost cry long and hard to see what my islamic brothers do around the world to defame our religion and in the name of our religion. the hate, the propaganda, the absurd conspiracy theories that all put us to shame when compared to a country like israel. tell me, marco, do you see many palestinians jumping to emigrate to gaza or west bank? instead they are dying to get into israel. wonder why? i can give you many answers to than, but you will deny the truth because your hate and blindness is lethal. israel treats the arab palestinian population 1,000 times better than they are treated by their own brothers in all arab countries. believe me, i know. my family lived in saudi arabia and then in syria and were treated with brutality without rights, without ability to go to school and without the ab ility to find a living and a job...and this is our brothers, not israelis and jews. it took us years to finally realize who are friends really are and it was not other arabs and it is definitally not iran and its genocidal fanatic religious maniac with the blood of all the good iranians on his and his regime's hands. forgive me if i do not agree with you. have you ever been to israel? have you ever seen the beautiful homes of the israeli arabs, their neighborhoods, their gardens and their freedom of movement, representation in the government, etc/// i don't think so. now, go to cairo, amman, alepo, damascus and see how our palestinian brothers live under these regimes. you would cry. don't blame this on israel. israel doesn't control all these countries. their leaders do! whoever is mr. aboughazi, if he thinks along my lines, i resaoect him. he has a vision of truth and peace without lies, propaganda and the constant debasement of israel and jews. grow up. you need a soul and a clear thinking. twafik hazmana muhammeed

the siege on gaza was bedcause the minute the jews left that area and uprooted their citizens, the hamas started a campaign of terror and missile lobbying at israeli citizens. upon that, israel closed gaza border into israel. get your facts straight. no obfuscation please. it's not becoming. hameed aboughaze, iranian

You are either stupid or dum. I personally believe youn are both. Try to be more original while cheating. Dont use the same writing style, short paragraphs, skipping two lines between paragraphs and always writing very long boring posts. Always signing your name at the end and writing both talkbacks in the same sitting. Which accounts for the reason they came one after the other.You sure are a stupid idiot. Therefore you cant be Iranian. You must be a Zionist Jew.

All supported Oman's resolution. With "friends" like these ...

dont fool yourself isn't that so clear to be realized ? the only reason the proposition foil because it put forward in the first place by Iran the arabs may agree the proposition but certainly not pushing or encouraging in other words if the proposition passed it mean a political victory for Irans thats not in favor tfor he arabs them selfs so where is the victory ??

Eat your heart out, loser.