Palestine

• The UN vote on Palestine: Profiles in cowardice

  Last week's vote to extend non-member observer status to the Palestinians at the United Nations was a virtual primer on what is wrong with the U.N.

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• Israel Retaliates for UN Vote on Palestine

  In a unanimous resolution passed Sunday, Israel's Cabinet said it would not negotiate on the basis of the General Assembly's recognition of a state of Palestine in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. "The unilateral step taken by the ...

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• Palestine inches towards statehood

  Monday, December 03, 2012 - Untimely assassination of President Yasser Arafat, while he was walking a tight rope of simultaneously managing peaceful and military approaches towards accruing statehood for Palestine, brought a new phase in the struggle.

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• 'Turkey wants Palestine to become full member of

  Turkey wants to see the Palestinian flag wave outside the United Nations' building as one of the world body's full members, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday.

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• Abbas calls for Palestinian unity after 'birth certificate' for Palestinian state

  Jerusalem (CNN) -- Standing before throngs of cheering supporters Sunday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for an end to the division among Palestinians in the wake of the United Nations upgrading the authority's status -- as Israel ...

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• Pro-Palestine demonstrators gather in downtown Montreal

  Palestinian supporters demonstrated in downtown Montreal today to call for an "end to Canadian complicity" in what they say is the oppression of people in Gaza.

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• Geelani, Shabbir Shah elated over Palestine's recognition

  "It is good that India has voted in favour of Palestine but now it is the time for them to fulfill the promises it has made with the people of the valley.

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• Punting on Palestine

  We love that headline 'Obama punts to Congress over repercussions for UN Palestine vote.' It was linked on the Drudge Report within minutes of it going up on the Web site of the Hill newspaper, no doubt because it highlights the ironical impact of the ...

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• With Ford verdict, UN Palestine vote, bad week for Twitter typos

  Following a historic vote at the United Nations General Assembly that saw Palestine recognized by the world body as a state, UN information officer Nancy Groves tweeted to 1.13 million followers: "On Day of Solidarity with Palestinians, Ban Ki-moon ...

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• Making the case for Palestine

  RAMALLAH, West Bank - Nowhere are the grievances that perpetuate violence and war more evident than they are in Palestine today.

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• UN & Palestine

  Monday, December 03, 2012 - The granting by UN of a 'non-member Observer Status' to Palestine, is being welcomed by some as an achievement.

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• Palestine, 'a state under occupation'

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed the United Nations vote granting Palestine non-member state observer status, calling the territory "a country under [Israel's] occupation," while speaking at a forum in Istanbul.

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• End the stale rhetoric and the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate

  Both Israel and Palestine's UN speeches were rooted in antagonistic, ethnocentric rhetoric. It's time for the EU and U.S.

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• Hold the champagne on Palestine!

  Those who are celebrating last Thursday's 138-9 vote in the United Nations General Assembly according Palestine the status of a 'non-member state' would do well to hold the champagne.

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• Netanyahu cops flak for hawkish response to Palestinian UN success

  The Israeli government's decision to expand settlements is "a slap in the face for [the] US president," according to former PM Ehud Olmert.

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• Palestine: Two Palestinians die of wounds

  Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a young Palestinian man died of wounds suffered on Saturday at dawn after [Israeli] army opened fire at him in Rafah, and that another Palestinian died of injuries suffered during the recent ...

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• A step closer to Palestine?

  The UN General Assembly's decision to upgrade Palestine's UN status to a 'non-member observer state', along the same lines as the Vatican, is a symbolic, yet also important milestone in the Palestinians' quest for statehood.

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• Pakistan calls for end to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine

  Pakistan has said the Palestinian's success in getting non-member observer state status should not incur any reprisals as Islamabad's ambassador to the United Nations called for an end to illegal settlements on the occupied territories for progress ...

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• Israel withholds $120mn in Palestinian tax funds as revenge for UN vote

  Israel has canceled the transfer of US$120 million collected in taxes on behalf of the Palestinian Authority in response to Palestine's UN-bid, which saw it granted non-member observer status, thus implicitly recognizing the state. The halted money ...

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• The UN's Palestine Vote: Why the Panic?

  Here in Washington, negative reactions to the United Nations' vote to admit Palestine as a non-member state have ranged from silly and infuriating to downright dangerous.

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