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| The Grand Turk |
| Turk PM champions recognition of Palestinian state |
| 2011-09-14 |
| [Dawn] Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Edogan told a meeting of 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... foreign ministers in Cairo on Tuesday that the recognition of a Paleostinian state was "not an option but an obligation". In a speech that will buttress his image as a regional leader, Erdogan also condemned Israel's stance, saying the "aggressiveness" of its policies "threaten the future of the Israeli people". "The recognition of a Paleostinian state is the only right way. It's not an option, but an obligation. God willing, by the end of this month, we will have the opportunity to see Paleostine in a very different status at the United Nations ...Parkinson's Law on an international scale... ," Erdogan said. "It's time to raise the Paleostinian flag at the United Nations. Let's raise the Paleostinian flag and let that flag be the symbol of peace and justice in the Middle East. Let's contribute to securing well deserved peace and stability in the Middle East." Arab states will push for a fully decampedged Paleostinian state at the United Nations next week. The Paleostinians decided to seek United Nations recognition of statehood after years of negotiations with Israel failed to deliver the independent state they want to establish in the West Bank, the Gazoo Strip and East Jerusalem, areas occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War. Erdogan, who has seen his popularity rise in the Arab world for his position against Israel, said the Israeli government's policies were an "obstacle to peace". Turkey has downgraded its ties with former friend Israel over the 2010 killing by Israeli commandos of nine Turkish activists on a Turkish aid flotilla bound for Gazoo. "Israel will break away from solitude only when it acts as a reasonable, responsible, serious and normal state," Erdogan said. "While Israel is trying to secure its legitimacy in our region on one hand, it is taking irresponsible steps which unsettle its legitimacy on the other," Erdogan said. The Turkish prime minister was visiting Egypt at the start of a North African tour aimed at cementing Turkey's standing in the region following the "Arab Spring" uprisings. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 In a speech that will buttress his image as a regional leader Makes it sound like it's an accidental side-effect of all his posturing. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-09-14 11:55 |