News
UK could support Palestinian UN bid; Ashrawi says US stance 'pathetic'
Elior Levy, Reuters
Published: 28.11.12, 16:50
Comment Comment
Print comment Print comment
Back to article
78 Talkbacks for this article
31. #11 ROFL!
Lynx ,   Palestine   (11.28.12)
Hahaha...very soon you will be wearing Israeli clothes only.. Let's see...maybe Israelis will come up with a clever policy to make the boycott look like it's intentional..."Support Israeli garment industry" initiative... Very soon you will be acting like North Korea. Heck, diplomatically you aleady are the laughing stock of the world, along with the declining US-German axis of hypocrisy.
32. Remember who gave Israel legitimacy? The UN!!
Lynx ,   Palestine   (11.28.12)
That's right, the UN! But we, your indigenous neighbors, know how ungrateful and arrogant Zionist Jews are... Don't bite the hands that CREATED you. The colonial powers did, at our expense. Now deal with Palestine on 22% of historical Palestine. And that's only the starter bite!
33. Don't get exicited...
Gad ,   Israel   (11.28.12)
Israel, the US and a handful of other countries will find themselves on the wrong side of morality, on the wrong side of justice and on the wrong side of the law," Ashrawi said- and I wonder: who blew up themselves in the streets of Israel? who is trying to target innocent citizens in the south of our country? who is killing his own brother in the streets of gaza as we saw a week ago? well the wrong side of justice is not the arabic side whatever !
34. Why wouldn't the UK vote against a Terrorist Palestine?
Dee Bee ,   Israel   (11.28.12)
The Arabs own the UK and like good little Antisemitic children the will obey their masters! The Gulf States alone have invested about half a trillion pound sterling in the UK. So there is you answer and let us never forget that the UK has never votred on Israel's side - the best they have done is abstain!
35. The world should say NO to another Palestine!
PaulS ,   LiverpoolUK   (11.28.12)
I have just heard a debate in the UK parliament, William Hague said that Israel need to seek assurance that " palestinian arabs accept Israels right to exist! " in order for progress to be made. Israel now has to get permission to exist? Any other country on this planet have this problem?
36. Salma - Israel
John   (11.28.12)
Dream on, sweetie. Maybe one day you can be so lucky.
37. Worse than you realize
israel israeli ,   tel aviv   (11.28.12)
First, put the blame on Netanyahu, whether because he wanted this to happen or because he surrendered security decisions to Ehud Barak. Under Oslo, Israel gave tangible assets in exchange for hope of future peace. Israel received solemn guarantees from the world powers that the agreement would be upheld. Yet, now that Fatah decides to violate the most critical part of the Oslo agreement, the world supports them. This proves that agreements and guarantees not backed by facts on the ground are meaningless. This decision also makes any further negotiations meaningless, because Fatah has no motivation to negotiate because their unilateral actions are considered legitimate and the only thing left to negotiate is how many Arabs will be allowed to flood the pre-1967 territories of Israel. There is a solution to this problem, the question is whether Netanyahu is able to implement it.
38. END THE OCCUPATION of Jewish land by "Palestinian" ARABS.
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (11.28.12)
39. No such thing as "Israeli-occupied lands"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Father Abe   (11.28.12)
Judean and Samaria are JEWISH land! PERIOD!!!!!
40. salma's future
aaron ,   toronto,canada   (11.28.12)
What future? You seem happy living in filth and you will continue to live in filth with no future unless you deal directly with Israel.What would you do if you are granted statehood and Israel says NOW YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN,supply your own water,electricity,imports,exports,etc.you will starve to death if you think that your muslim brothers will support you like the DUMB western nations do now.
41. #3 It's not in the cards either, sweetheart
(11.28.12)
42. woohoo....the world now realizes
hussein ,   Palestine   (11.28.12)
that there is no Israel. Only Palestine. We are one step closer. This is an amazing chapter in history with freedom, liberty and justice for Palestinians. Now we don't have to accept Israel as a state. And the right of return is in our sights. There is no negotiating when it comes to freedom lovers= Palestinians, versus oppressive Human no rights= Israel. This is a landmark day for history. It's only a moment in time when Palestine has no more Jews or Christians. It's a Muslim land. Proof is right there, why else would there be a huge mosque in Jerusalem. Because its Palestinian land, not jewish land.
43. #32 - LYNX read your history!
Maurice ,   Montreal   (11.28.12)
Yes, we remember that the UN created Israel. But we also remember that the UN in 1948 wanted to create a country for the "Palestinians" as welll. You refused and tried to destroy Israel ever since. Today Israel is a developed rich and powerful country member of the OECD. Look where you guys are! Keep the same belligerent murderous attitude, and you will NEVER have a country!
44. Arab-occcupied Jewish land.
DR ,   Wales   (11.28.12)
The Jewish state of Judea and Samaria is still occupied by Palestinian Arabs. And the areas of it which extend across to the east bank of the Jordan are still occupied by Jordanian Arabs. Jewish areas belonging to Judah in Gaza, plus Asher, Dan and Naphtali are occupied by Hamas Arabs, Lebanese Arabs and Syrian Arabs. The Arabs occupy 99.5%+ of the entire Middle East. This is one tenth of the world's surface. No other ethnic body occupies as much. Israel only occupies 0.5%- of the same areas. But the Arabs want that too. They even accuse Israel of "expansionism."
45. Ashrawi is actually right this time
A ,   Belgium   (11.28.12)
The US is on the wrong side of justice and the wrong side of the law, she claims. Indeed! Is it not unjust and illegal to give funds to terrorist organizations, regardless of whether they call themselves Fatah, Hamas, Syria, Iran or whatever they like? Therefore, since America is a just and lawful nation, it would be a perfect time and set an example for any other just and lawful nations to cut off ALL funding to the "palestinian" parasites and the United Nothing that supports them.
46. If Bibi had half of Abbas' determination and guts...........
Shame on ,   Israel   (11.28.12)
Israel would not be in this position.
47. Ashrawi is ignorant about what is morality!
Jouko ,   Finland   (11.28.12)
48. The sign sums it up perfectly
Zionist forever   (11.28.12)
PLO Palestinians are a creation of the PLO terror organization they are not a unique arab group. They were aproduct of Arafats imagination to give legitimacy to the PLO and their cause being the destruction of Israel.
49. # 37
Jules   (11.28.12)
Bibi doesn't hold any real power. The "peace process" has turned the Knesset into a curtain. Real decisions are made regardless of the Knesset representation.
50. blow their minds
peter ,   tel aviv   (11.28.12)
we should be smart. take the winds out of their sails by backing their bid. Let them have their statehood. we cut all the infrastructure. Phone power water and let them start from scratch like we did. Just for their advantage they wont have all arab nations open a war against them a few hours afterwards. Seems fair to me. Plus a state which attacks another one will be held responsible as such.
51. No 42
Jose ,   Seville,Spain   (11.28.12)
When you start school, have a look at where the word "palestine" originates from. Also look at the world before your conquering violent occupiers arrived in the region, history does extend to before the short period of islams existence. Then you will see who lived in this region for many,many years. At least you confirm what all devious arab negotiators havent before, islamo fascism wants to occupy all lands.
52. The best of all possible responses ....
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.28.12)
.... would be for the State of Israel to immediately annex Judea and Samaria and repatriate the Arab squatters who reside their illegally to Jordan, country of their citizenship. Let's see what France, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark and Norway do about it. I'm guessing -- not a damned thing. But it is high time to put the international community in its place. This is the perfect opportunity, and should not be overlooked.
53. To: No. 3
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.28.12)
Neither is the existence of "Palestine." It doesn't. It never has. It never will.
54. #3
Madeleine ,   Israel   (11.28.12)
You're right, it's not negotiable. It doesn't exist, you have no country, no culture and no history as a Palestinian people. Even your own leaders know this and you are just pawns in their hatred for Israel.
55. What Palestine?
David ,   Israel   (11.28.12)
Can anyone tell me before 1948 if there was a flag of Palestine? If there was a currency? President or prime minister ? Economy? Anything that had a stamp Made in Palestine? There is no Palestine there never was. The ones that call themselves that are just the ones that were used as farmers for the Ottoman empire. Even the word Palestine came from the word Phillistine to which that group came from Greece. The world is going to rot by Islamism or actually already is... And eventually once it's all rotten away, the Jews will be the ones left to blame. If only the Western world would just open their eyes to the truth! The Jews will pay for it first, then eventually they will too!
56. To: No. 6
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.28.12)
OF COURSE it is! But that future will be in Jordan, not Israel. You made your bed -- now you have to lie in it. Of course, it's made of thorns and nails, but -- that would be your problem.
57. UN Violating It's Own Rules
emanon ,   USA   (11.28.12)
Not that that's anything unusual . . . UN rules state, among other criteria, that for reprersentation in the UN, there must be a functioning government. Sorry, but anarchy is not a recognized form of government and by definition cannot be a form of government.
58. Israel - The best of the Middle East!
Christian ,   Suomi Finland   (11.28.12)
32# 42# Try to remember that you, Arabs - are colonialists, real foreign conquerors also! That land belongs to Jews - accept it or move away! Arabs and Muslims have created enough countries which are backward, violent and inequal, even to other Muslims. And again, Jordan already is a Palestinian Arab state. So let there be a one Jewish country! May God bless Israel!
59. No, 24, no One State
Robert ,   New Jersey, USA   (11.28.12)
You would wish there be one state so your darlings, the Arabs in the territories who out of convenience call themselves 'Palestinians,' could then repatriate all their refugee relatives from the camps and vote the Jews out of Israel. Dream on...it isn't gonna happen, sir! And to #24, Israel has a defined border. Look at a map! Only because of the Arab blood lust, Israel must control a buffer zone to keep it safe from the barbarians on the West Bank. That land is Israel from time immemorial and eventually will return to Israel. The Arabs will not quit seeking Israel's full destruction until they are removed from Judea and Samaria and shipped to their Jordanian date farms and camel hovels!
60. @3: Want To Bet?
emanon ,   USA   (11.28.12)
There are at least three entities all claiming to represent the whineastinians. Whatever one proposes, the other two (at least) try to block. Then they negotiate internally (kill each other) until a compromise position is reached . . . or they go kill some Jews, whichever comes first. That's the only thing all terrorstinians agree on, killing Jews. But then they argue over the best way to do it.
Previous talkbacks
Next talkbacks
Back to article