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| A stinging defeat for Abbas, but no great victory for Israel |
| 2014-12-31 |
| [IsraelTimes] Many months and innumerable headlines in the making, the Paleostinians? bid to impose terms for statehood upon Israel via the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... ended in embarrassing failure on Tuesday night, when the Security Council rejected Resolution S/2014/916. The US didn?t even have to wield its veto. Their defeat was unexpected and stinging. Shortly before the vote, the Paleostinians claimed ? and Israeli officials confirmed ? that nine countries intended to support the resolution, which would have constituted the necessary majority and forced the US veto. But come the moment of truth, Nigeria surprisingly abstained. Pushing a bid for a solution to the conflict within a year and a full Israeli withdrawal within three, PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 If you've lost the French- well, you never had them in the first place, anyway. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2014-12-31 12:26 |