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| Israel’s Ambassador accuses UN of hypocrisy over Arafat |
| 2003-09-15 |
| JPost - Reg Req’d; EFL The UN Security Council is set to being an open meeting soon on the Middle East sparked by palestinian protests over the government’s decision to remove Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat. In advance of the meeting, Ambassador to the United Nations Dan Gillerman today Monday accused the Security Council of hypocrisy for considering the Palestinian resolution. Gillerman said the Security Council has met repeatedly to condemn Israeli actions, but ignores Palestinian suicide bombings and shooting attacks on Israelis. Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and other members of the security Cabinet have made clear that the army has three options for "removing" Arafat: expulsion, assassination or laying a siege on his West Bank headquarters, including cutting off phone lines and electricity. kill.him.now The council began consultations on a resolution drafted by the Palestinians late Friday and then adjourned until today, despite Palestinian pressure for a quick vote. Council ambassadors said they wanted to consult their capitals and wait for the outcome of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s meeting in Geneva on Saturday with the foreign ministers of the five permanent council nations - the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France. Russia considers that any attempt by Israel to remove Arafat would be counterproductive and could lead to a serious global crisis in the Mideast, Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov said. global crisis? why? An attempt to kill Arafat could lead to "an immense and wide scale growth in the threat of terrorism," he said. An attempt, yes; a successful dirt nap for the crusty bastard? Naaahhhh So far, the council has only issued a press statement saying "the removal of chairman Arafat would be unhelpful and should not be implemented." The statement, read by the council president, British Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry, reflected the consensus among the 15 council members. The government is trying to persuade the United States to veto the resolution, Gillerman said, but at the moment it seems more likely Washington will abstain, allowing the resolution to pass. The United States has in the past vetoed resolutions that it has felt are too hard on Israel. Without a U.S. veto, "we can expect a resolution, which the Palestinians and others are presenting as a moderate and lukewarm statement...but in my opinion the very fact of the meeting is proof...of the U.N.’s real hypocrisy," Gillerman said in an interview with Army Radio. UN Hypocrisy: Exhibit #5,347-A |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 I wonder why the Israelis would telgraph their punch? If they wanted to expell Arafart, a midnight raid would have done the trick. Heck they could even have disguised themselves as rougue Paleos. This is all POLITICS, nothing more. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-9-15 7:22:02 PM |
| #1 I read this story and passed it by earlier cuz saying the UN is hypocritical struck me as beyond obvious. But on second thought... This is a pre-emptive strike on the UNSC meet where the Paleos and symps hope to excoriate Israel, yet again, for defending itself from the lowest form of life, not necessarily humans, on the planet. Any honest assessment of the situation would, indeed, conclude that Aradick is a primary obstruction, along with his minions and the mercs of the terrorist orgs which some claim to hold the Paleos hostage. If there are any moderate Paleos who want peace and don't consider the terrorists to be heroes, then they will have to do what seems to be the impossible for Muslims, Paleo or not: stand up for themselves against those who act in their name. This meet is just another coat of Paleo coddling whitewash - and I'm glad the Israeli UN Amb got his shot in there - the din of Paleo hue & cry will be overwhelming once it gets rolling. The revisionist history will be a source of entertainment for those of us who aren't swallowing the media pap and mistaking it for mignon. The fact that they are considering a resolution in advance of the expulsion is rather funny. |
| Posted by: .com (Prez for Life - My Isles of Langerhans) 2003-9-15 2:37:00 PM |