A step closer to Palestine
The Palestinian bid to become a non-member Observer State at the United Nations has been, as expected, approved by an overwhelming vote of 138 to nine, with 41 abstentions in the General Assembly.www.thehindu.com
UN vote on Palestine status inflicts new divides in Europe, NATO
Thursday's overwhelming U.N. vote to elevate the status of Palestine at the world body inflicts yet another fracture in the facade of Western solidarity, exposing a divide among European Union and NATO member states over U.S.www.latimes.com
Palestinian vote at UN brings recognition, but is a far cry from practical ...
UNITED NATIONS The United Nations has voted overwhelmingly to recognize a Palestinian state, but the Palestinians still face enormous limitations: They don't control their borders, airspace or trade, they have separate and competing governments in Gaza ...www.cbsnews.com
Despite the United States, Palestine Finally Returns Home
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CULTURAL EXTINCTION - Vijay Prashad reports on the vanishing of Kiribati and other Pacific Islands, as the seas rise and communities, cultures and languages disappear; PAKISTAN AND THE US: CAUGHT IN A BAD ROMANCE: ...www.counterpunch.org
Brazil Hosts 'Free Palestine' World Social Forum
Over the past decade, Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, has achieved global resonance as the site of the first World Social Forum in 2001.www.huffingtonpost.com
Palestinian Vote at UN: Game Change Or Same Old, Same Old?
UNITED NATIONS -- Palestine had no problem getting an upgraded status at the United Nations, isolating Israel and the United States and giving Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the boost in stature he so badly needed. Baffling is why the United ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Palestinian-Israeli clash at UN highlights mutual blindness and common despair
He rebutted Palestinian inaccuracies, corrected some glaring distortions, highlighted the far too many historical omissions and showcased the factual inconsistencies in President Mahmoud Abbas' presentation of the resolution to recognize Palestine as a ...www.haaretz.com
Palestine seizes statehood
Just nine votes against was proof that the Palestinian Authority (PA) had headed off a concerted Israeli-American diplomatic effort to rob them of a so-called moral majority endorsement of the UN's implicit recognition of a sovereign state of Palestine.www.smh.com.au
Palestine wins historic upgrade at the UN
Abbas said that the Palestinians will accept no less than "the independence of the state of Palestine, with east Jerusalem as its capital, on all the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967, to live in peace and security alongside the State of Israel ...www.jpost.com
Palestinian UN vote will hurt peace, says Israel's Regev
Israel says a vote upgrading the Palestinian status at the United Nations is "negative political theatre" that will "hurt peace".www.bbc.co.uk
Palestine's UN Bid: UNESCO Experience May Be a Cautionary Tale
As Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas pushes on Thursday for the U.N. General Assembly to upgrade the Palestinians' status in the international body to that of "observer state," his movement's experience of a year of full membership ...world.time.com
Hillary Clinton voices anger at United Nations recognising Palestine, calling ...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rebuked the United Nations General Assembly's vote to recognize a Palestinian state, calling it an 'unfortunate and counterproductive' move that further obstructs the path to a peaceful agreement between ...www.dailymail.co.uk
Israelis decry Germany's abstention on UN Palestine vote
JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials had long known that they would be on the losing end of the U.N. General Assembly's vote on whether to grant Palestine official status as a non-member observer state. Palestinian officials months ago had announced that ...www.kansascity.com
Palestine, the UN and Australian Labor
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CULTURAL EXTINCTION - Vijay Prashad reports on the vanishing of Kiribati and other Pacific Islands, as the seas rise and communities, cultures and languages disappear; PAKISTAN AND THE US: CAUGHT IN A BAD ROMANCE: ...www.counterpunch.org
Palestine Gets "Symbolic" Upgrade at the UN
The upgrade of Palestine from an "entity" to a "non-member state" at the United Nations received a lukewarm reaction from netizens - who asked what a 'symbolic' gesture like recognising Palestine at the United Nations would do to Palestinians ...globalvoicesonline.org
Analysis: Palestinian ICC threat is overblown
It is true that "Palestine's" UN representative will get moved from the observers' seats to sit with the other states whose names start with "P" and that within the UN organizational system, it will likely be accepted to many new organizations.www.jpost.com
Why Palestine Won Big at the UN
An instructive week after Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip tested Israel on the battlefield, the pacifist politicians who govern the West Bank notched a significant diplomatic win without much of a fight at all.world.time.com
Analysis: Palestinian status all very well, but this won't resolve core issues
Mr Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, chose to present his application on the 65th anniversary of the UN resolution of Nov 29 1947 that partitioned the Holy Land between Jewish and Arab states, paving the way for Israel's birth.www.telegraph.co.uk
Palestine Today – Tibet Tomorrow?
Overshadowed in the UK by the Leveson Report and in the US by the 'fiscal cliff', the UN yesterday voted overwhelmingly to recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state, which means it is recognized as sovereign state, and is free to submit a ...www.patheos.com
World weighs in on UN Palestine vote
Held on the 65th anniversary of the "birth" of Israel - when the UN voted to partition the British mandate of Palestine into one Jewish state and one Arab state - there is no question that yesterday's vote was symbolic for Palestinians and their ...www.csmonitor.com
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