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| Katz denounces UN decision to upgrade Palestinians' status as ‘prize for Hamas' | |
| 2024-05-11 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Foreign Minister Israel Katz calls a decision by the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... General Assembly to upgrade the status of Paleostinians in the UN a "prize for Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,," in a statement released by his office. "The absurd decision taken today at the UN General Assembly highlights the structural bias of the UN and the reasons why, under the leadership of UN Secretary-General [Antonio] Guterres, it has turned itself into an irrelevant institution," Katz says.
The vote by the 193-member General Assembly was a global survey of support for the Palestinian bid to become a full UN member — a move that would effectively recognize a Palestinian state — after the United States vetoed it in the UN Security Council last month. The assembly adopted a resolution on Friday with 143 votes in favor and nine against, including the US and Israel, while 25 countries abstained. It does not give the Palestinians full UN membership, but simply recognizes them as qualified to join. The General Assembly resolution "determines that the State of Palestine...should therefore be admitted to membership" and it "recommends that the Security Council reconsider the matter favorably." An application to become a full UN member first needs to be approved by the 15-member Security Council and then the General Assembly. If the measure is again voted on by the council it is likely to face the same fate: a US veto. The General Assembly resolution adopted on Friday does give the Palestinians some additional rights and privileges from September 2024 — like a seat among the UN members in the assembly hall — but they will not be granted a vote in the body. The Palestinians are currently a non-member observer state, a de facto recognition of statehood that was granted by the UN General Assembly in 2012. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #13 Moronic and feeble. You are a Great Value troll. Not even nsme band. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-11 23:13 |
| #12 It’s a marvel that people like Jumbo Glaitle3315 manage to go on despite being so disconnected to reality. Nowadays Hamlet would have said, “The wish! The wish is the thing, whether one’s a commoner or king!” |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-05-11 23:11 |
| #11 Most of the antisemitism is coming from america first MAGA not the campus left. They don't like sending money to furrin countries especially da jooz. |
| Posted by: Jumbo Glaitle3315 2024-05-11 22:00 |
| #10 @#5 - US out of North America! (lol, couldn't resist). US can't even pull out of the WHO let alone that filthy organization on the Hudson. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2024-05-11 21:13 |
| #9 Democrats support Hamas while Republicans are just the same old neonazi antisemites they always have been. Posted by Uleremp and Company7042 2024-05-11 1 Failure Troll |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-05-11 18:16 |
| #8 Basically, the whole world except Israel and the US are against destroying Gaza Most of the world couldn’t care less. Just like the college protests, there is a small but very noisy group of haters who feel an overwhelming need to help those whose life goal is to kill all the Jooooooos, rape their wimmin, and take their stuff. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-05-11 15:00 |
| #7 I can give you the perspective from NE Ohio. We saw a bunch of civilians raped and slaughtered in an operation executed by Hamas. We are pretty unified in wanting to see Hamas exterminated as a public service to all. There are some Soros funded Astro turf demonstrations occurring on some of our college campuses. That just pisses us off and makes us more eager to vote for Donald Trump. Biden is likely to continue to capture the hearts and minds of his Palestinian sympathizing constituents. That will just make the electoral wipe out complete. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-11 14:44 |
| #6 Basically, the whole world except Israel and the US are against destroying Gaza. And the US is far from unified on the issue of support for Israel. Many consider it the equivalent of sending machetes to the Hutu in Rwanda. It's not even a right/left issue, significant numbers of Democrats and Republicans agree on the issue, for different reasons. Democrats support Hamas while Republicans are just the same old neonazi antisemites they always have been. |
| Posted by: Uleremp and Company7042 2024-05-11 13:09 |
| #5 my opinion: US out of UN. US out of UN. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2024-05-11 12:09 |
| #4 I once believed in international organizations. But what exactly is the purpose of the UN these days? They mostly seem to agree on one thing only: Bashing Jews and Israel. And Biden is about to join the mob. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2024-05-11 08:11 |
| #3 ^Long time. |
| Posted by: Grom the reflective 2024-05-11 08:11 |
| #2 Great. Message is: Terror pays off. |
| Posted by: European+Conservative 2024-05-11 08:07 |
| #1 Spain, Ireland to recognize Palestinian state on May 21, EU's Borrell says |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-05-11 01:41 |