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| Arab League seeks UN recognition of Palestine |
| 2011-05-29 |
| [Al Jazeera] The Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... has said it backs seeking UN recognition for a Paleostinian state, as Qatar proposed at a meeting that the Middle East grinding of the peace processor be suspended until Israel was "ready" for talks. At a meeting of an Arab monitoring committee chaired by Qatar, the vaporous Arab League said in a statement it "supports the appeal to the UN asking that Paleostine, within the 1967 borders, becomes a full-fledged state" of the international organisation. The Arab League's statement on Saturday came soon after the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... , the Paleostinian president, reiterated his determination to seek the recognition at the world diplomatic body unless Israel begins negotiations on "substantial basis". Peace process 'suspended' Qatar proposed at the meeting that the Middle East grinding of the peace processor should not be resumed until Israel was "ready," Al Jizz has reported. "We will suspend for the moment the grinding of the peace processor until there is a willing partner" in negotiations from the Israeli side, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, the Qatari prime minister, said as he opened the Arab monitoring committee meeting. The meeting was examining the latest developments concerning the Paleostinian issue following a proposal from Barack B.O.Obama, the US president, to resolve the long-standing dispute. In a keynote policy speech on May 19, Obama issued a clear call for Israel and the Paleostinians to use the borders existing before the 1967 Six Day War as the basis for talks to achieve a negotiated solution to the conflict. Such a state would include the Gazoo Strip, the occupied West Bank and mostly Arab but Israel-annexed east Jerusalem, with some adjustments and land swaps so that Israel can maintain settlement blocs. Obama also hoped that progress on border security would then allow to move towards a solution on "the future of Jerusalem and the fate of Paleostinian refugees". UN recognition 'torpedoed' The Qatari premier also criticised "US hesitations that led Washington to abandon efforts to make Israel respond favourably to initiatives" for peace. Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, rejected Obama's proposal outright, saying the Jewish state would be "indefensible" if it returned to the borders which existed in 1967, which would not include dozens of settlements. He also rejected dividing the holy city of Jerusalem. The Paleostinians want east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state. Sheikh Hamad said Netanyahu's speech "proves that Israel does not want peace". On Saturday, Abbas again expressed his determination to head to the United Nations ...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas... in September to seek recognition for a Paleostinian state. "Our option is still negotiation, but it seems that because of conditions imposed by Netanyahu ... we have no choice but to use the UN to get recognition of our state," he said, repeating the warning he made soon after Netanyahu's US speech. "We are serious in our decision to use the UN, it is not manoeuvring ... we will do it unless Netanyahu accepts to begin negotiations today on a substantial basis." Abbas had previously said that Netanyahu's US speech had "torpedoed" any chance of negotiation. On Friday, Joseph Deiss, the UN general assembly president, had said that to be recognised at the UN, a Paleostinian state will need the support of all five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council, which seems unlikely. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Oh, I recognize Palestine as I recognize Prussia and the Orange Free State. Nations that started a war and ended up dissolved as a nation. Unfortunately Palestine was not entirely dissolved so they are more vocal and troublesome but they are in the same league. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-05-29 01:26 |