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| Syria Recognizes Palestinian State |
| 2011-07-19 |
| [An Nahar] The Syrian foreign ministry said Monday that Damascus ...The City of Jasminis the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... recognizes a Paleostinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital within the borders in effect prior to the 1967 Six-Day War. "Syria recognizes a Paleostinian state within the June 4, 1967 borders and east Jerusalem as its capital, and on the basis of the preservation of Paleostinian legitimate rights," a statement said. Syria "will treat the Damascus office of the PLO (Paleostine Liberation Organization) as an embassy upon the publication of this statement," the ministry added. The Paleostinians plan to ask the U.N. General Assembly to recognize a Paleostinian state when the world body gathers in September, a move opposed by Israel and the United States which say progress can only be made through peace negotiations. The Paleostinian application for U.N. membership will be submitted by 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... , the head of the pan-Arab organization, Nabil al-Arabi, said on Thursday in Qatar. The Arab peace initiative committee "has decided to submit a call to the member states of the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... to recognize a Paleostinian state," Arabi told a news conference after a meeting of the committee in Doha. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Honestly, I'm not sure why they haven't recognized a Palestinian state these last fifteen years or so. Is this some sort of diplomatic finger-sandwiches-and-cocktails ritual which I, mere knuckle-dragging hillbilly ignoramus that I am, can't be expected to understand? Has the Syrian foreign ministry been trading off non-recognition for the occasional opportunity to make faces at the Israeli diplomats over the Golan or something like that? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2011-07-19 13:40 |
| #1 That'll make a difference. The PA has its employees on half pay already, because international donors haven't been honoring their pledges -- how are they going to pay to find furnish, and staff an embassy? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-07-19 09:00 |