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PA: Wave of recognition ahead
Elior Levy
Published: 06.08.11, 11:13
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31. No. 6 Doug
Madeleine ,   Rehovot Israel   (08.06.11)
Recognizing it doesn't make it a legal entity, while Israel as a state was signed on, sealed and delivered. sorry Doug, I know you'd liek to see us disappear.
32. Why?
Sidney ,   USA   (08.06.11)
do so many states care so much about Gaza and not give a damn about the slaughter in Syria?
33. great article!
(08.06.11)
they want to rule over the entire world. end!
34. Khader no 25
TAHRIR QUDS ALYAHUDI   (08.07.11)
No need to name the countries who would recognise you. You and your brothers & sisters in the Muslim/Arab world must understand that at the end of the day you will never get any land of the Jewish state called Israel.You are Arabs and ypou should go to your land in Arabia,while the Jews can live in the land called ISRAEL,JUDEA (JUDAH) & SAMARIA.
35. i love that south sudan is pro palestinian
abdalla   (08.07.11)
36. @ # 4
Chaim ,   NYC   (08.07.11)
I hope you're correct with your analysis for the sake of the Jewish nation....
37. wave out of israel
(08.07.11)
38. this is designed to pressure Obama
zionist forever   (08.07.11)
Abbas doesn't need to go begging if he wants to get the numbers in the General Assembly he has that in the bag. The problem is whilst the General Assembly can create a non binding resolution to create a palestinian state it can't become legal until it passes the Security Council where the US has a resolution. Abbas is hoping if he can gather enough international support then Obama will feel under pressure not to follow through with his threat to use the veto. Obama loves to please others and her hates Israel and thats what Abbas is counting on. The EU is divided and are right now trying to do a deal with Abbas if the planned resolution is worded rightly then the EU can take a united position backing the palestinians so we have to assume the EU will vote in favor. Russia, South America and the Islamic world will all go with the palestinians so Abbas is not playing such a stupid tactic. We just have to hope that with an election campaign and a Republican controlled Congress Obama will be willing to put aside his desire to be loved by the rest of the world and be willing to make himself unpopular by using the veto.
39. to Salma 17
john Darren ,   cairns-Australia   (08.07.11)
Still squawking nonsense I see-but that is what is expected of you squatter arabs reborn as cry babies.
40. #2 NZ has not offered pal support
(08.07.11)
the NZ earthquake was not caused by angering the god of the Jews. It was caused by offending the gods of the Maori.
41. This claim is very unlikely
John ,   Alaska   (08.07.11)
It's after 10 pm Eastern Time on 6 August, and the Bahrain News Agency and the "Palestine" News Agency are the only two sources I can find making this claim. Given the celebrity status of the neonatal South Sudan and the connection some news sources have attempted to draw between the two, one would expect a story like this to have already spread like wildfire.
42. #5 was the real Sarah B :)
John ,   Alaska   (08.07.11)
And a much better read than your stalker.
43. #6 Double the amount could recongnize
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (08.07.11)
It still wouldn't do them any good, simply because it's beyond the power of the UN “The General Assembly does not have the authority to create binding law by a simple vote. It is not a global legislature, just as the UN is not a world government. Its resolutions are symbolic. Never mind the fact that the UN charter never gives the General Assembly such authority”
44. #6 Dougie boy
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (08.07.11)
Time for a reality check of the facts of life “The General Assembly does not have the authority to create binding law by a simple vote. It is not a global legislature, just as the UN is not a world government. Its resolutions are symbolic. Never mind the fact that the UN charter never gives the General Assembly such authority”
45. Losers can recogize a loser but no state coming.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (08.07.11)
46. LOL Salma - you have
07.08.2011   (08.07.11)
great and mighty hopes. Keep it up little fella!
47. First, comply to the UN Charter
Michael Davison ,   Ra'anana, Israel   (08.07.11)
As it stands, the PA doesn't comply with the UN Charter. So long as the Palestinian National Charter is not changed to eliminate the threats against Israel, the PA is in violation of the UN Charter. If the General Assembly ignores this and recognizes a "Palestinian state", they are simply declaring for the world to see that the UN is nothing but a farce. Should this happen, all the members voting against should withdraw from this useless organization and the US should cancel the lease on UN offices in New York. If the UN (what's left of it) insists on admitting a country with openly declared genocidal ambitions, apartheid policies and legal inequality written into its "constitution", let them set up office in an appropriate venue... Tripoli or Damascus. I guarantee that UN personnel will be looking for new jobs within a week.
48. yeah, snif snif, means no more money
ghostq   (08.07.11)
those states will cut any humanitarian aid to palis, since they kinda suppose to make their own.
49. Honduras ...yeh,where terror is normality...
Anna M Sedda ,   Rome-ItLy   (08.07.11)
I see Erkat is proud of having Honduras vote;terror there is a normal fact of life...South Sudan,the poor people are victim of terror gangs,like Pali are victims of Hamas terror cell...yes,the nations that recognize Palestine will be states where "terror" is just a fact of life!No thanks"..
50. Scary!
Vlad   (08.07.11)
I'm sure Israel is quaking in its boots over the prospect of economic sanctions by Honduras and other tiny third-world states with marginal economies. As for South Sudan, that's an outright lie. South Sudan is experiencing a wave of Israeli aid and investment. They aren't going to risk losing that. The Palestinians are probably trying to recruit them, however, which is why Maliki made that statement.
51. @ 25 Khader
Vlad   (08.07.11)
India will do nothing except vote. Israel is one of India's biggest trading partners and military suppliers. The same is with China. Israel can live without Brazilian trade. You, however, cannot live without Israeli tax transfers and American aid.
52. wow! Honduras and South Sudan!
nadav   (08.07.11)
two of the wealthiest, most powerful and influential countries in the world! LMAO no one believes that there is a "palestinian" nation! That was Nasser's invention and it no longer holds water. The West Bank should be divided between Israel and Jordan, of which these ersatz "palestinians" are citizens.
53. fakestinians and their "state"
nadav   (08.07.11)
one big sad joke
54. YESSS roll on the Pal state
John ,   NZ   (08.07.11)
The sooner the better then the US can stop funding them, Israel can Annex Jewish populated areas, and let the Pal state sink into a deeper mire of corruption separate from any connection with Israel. And any more violence from them will be violence from a state and full scale military action can follow
55. #47 - Sounds like You Have Drank So Much Hasbara
Doug ,   Rochester, USA   (08.07.11)
That your brain has turned to mush. The UN Charter requires all signers to comply with all UNSCR's. Israel is out of complaince with dozens of UNSCR's. And you are totally confused between the non-existant PA Charter versus the PLO charter. The PLO is a political organization, just like the Likud. The PLO Charter is no more anti-Israel than the Likud Charter is anti-Palestinian. The PLO has promised to change its charter as part of a peace agreement. The Likud has NOT promised to do this. You are bantering about this blood libel such as Palestine has "openly decarled genocidal ambitions" as if you really believe this to be the case. Please sight a reputable source and provide a link that shows the nation of Palestine openly declares it has genocidal ambitions. If it has done this openly, there must be lots and lots of reputable sources that quote this declaration. CNN? BBC? YNet? Al Jazeera?
56. #51 India's trading partners
facts   (08.07.11)
top 15 trade partners from biggest to smallest : UAE, China, USA, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia, Iran, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia,UK, Japan, Belgium As a single economy the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is the largest trading partner of India with almost $100 billion in total trade.
57. #51 China's trading partners
facts   (08.07.11)
The idea that a tiny country like Israel is one of China's major trading partners is so laughable I didn''t bother checking it. Look Vlad Israel has 7 million people and exports 80 billion a year ( twice as much as that other world superpower...New Zealand! ) . China has the biggest economy in the world. You are getting confused between Israel's biggest markets and China's ( or India's) biggest suppliers. China and India are huge markets for Israel. But if Israel disappeared tommorrow neither China nor India would notice any difference.
58. Book of Numbers, meet your Babylonian captivity
Wayne Burke ,   Tampa, USA   (08.07.11)
The world's crossroad, a land without clear title to the land, succeeded at repeating the Book of Numbers since 1967 only to find Babylon is bigger and able to impose internationalism and a borderless world where people drift and mix like chaff in Daniel 2's breeze.
59. Khader no 25
JUDAH THE LION   (08.07.11)
Even if India will vote in favour of the Palestinians, you must remember that there are tens of thousands of Indians workers & businessmen all over the Arab/Muslims world,such as,Dubai, Aden,& other places.India have no choice but to vote in favour of the Palestinians to keep to keep you sweet.
60. I am Deeply Distressed that Honduras & South Sudan will
Linda Rivera ,   New York, USA   (08.07.11)
recognize a Muslim state implant carved out of little Israel - a nation so small that there is not enough room even for Jews. I was so proud of Honduras when anti-communist Honduras stood up to the bullying of Honduras by the U.S. America/Obama took the side of Castro's Cuba against the Honduran people. I posted comments on articles of how proud I was of Honduras. How sad that this dreadful act of agreeing to the theft of the Jewish Holy Land by Islam, has destroyed my pride in Honduras. South Sudan and Honduras are Christian/Catholic countries. Why do they not care about Jews and Christians? Re-named the West Bank by the Muslims, Judea and Samaria is the eternally famous BIBLICAL homeland. Holy Hebron is the first Jewish city. If Jesus, the Jew, had been born in our time period, from the time his mother carried Jesus in her womb, Jesus, his mother and family would be targeted for murder by the Islamics for being Jews living in their homeland of Israel. South Sudan and Honduras, why are you bringing down upon your nations, the future (or present) wrath of G-D? G-D declared in the Bible regarding Israel, "Blessed are those who bless you, and cursed are those who curse you." Many of the prophecies G-D gave in the Bible have already taken place. FEAR G-D because G-D keeps ALL His promises.
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