messianicdruid
3rd December 2012, 07:07 AM
"The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday endorsed an upgraded U.N. status for the Palestinian Authority, despite intense opposition from the United States and Israel.
The resolution elevates their status from "non-member observer entity" to "non-member observer state," the same category as the Vatican, which Palestinians hope will provide new leverage in their dealings with Israel.
Its leaders had been working with dozens of supporting nations to develop a formal draft, enlisting the backing of European countries such as France and Spain.
The vote was 138 delegates in favor of the measure, nine against and 41 abstentions, including Germany.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the move, which many call symbolic, represents a "last chance to save the two-state solution."
It comes on the heels of an eight-day conflict that raged between Israel and Hamas fighters, where a series of airstrikes and rocket launches drew international attention and threatened regional stability.
"We did not come here seeking to delegitimize a state established years ago, and that is Israel; rather we came to affirm the legitimacy of the state that must now achieve its independence, and that is Palestine," he said."
Ms. Rice is not employed to decide which countries are states and which are not. The USA is part of the United Nations, and therefore, the USA has agreed to give the UN the authority to determine statehood. The only authority the US government has in such cases is whether or not to recognize statehood officially--that is, they can either set up diplomatic relations with the Palestinian State or not.
Further, the USA, as a member of the Security Council, can veto Palestinian MEMBERSHIP in the UN, as they did last September. But that is the extent of their authority. Beyond that, they can blackmail or bribe other world leaders to vote with them, but 138 nations already recognize Palestine as a State, and the US is starting to run out of friends. America itself is becoming a pariah state. Wait till other nations stop recognizing America as a civilized state!
The resolution elevates their status from "non-member observer entity" to "non-member observer state," the same category as the Vatican, which Palestinians hope will provide new leverage in their dealings with Israel.
Its leaders had been working with dozens of supporting nations to develop a formal draft, enlisting the backing of European countries such as France and Spain.
The vote was 138 delegates in favor of the measure, nine against and 41 abstentions, including Germany.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the move, which many call symbolic, represents a "last chance to save the two-state solution."
It comes on the heels of an eight-day conflict that raged between Israel and Hamas fighters, where a series of airstrikes and rocket launches drew international attention and threatened regional stability.
"We did not come here seeking to delegitimize a state established years ago, and that is Israel; rather we came to affirm the legitimacy of the state that must now achieve its independence, and that is Palestine," he said."
Ms. Rice is not employed to decide which countries are states and which are not. The USA is part of the United Nations, and therefore, the USA has agreed to give the UN the authority to determine statehood. The only authority the US government has in such cases is whether or not to recognize statehood officially--that is, they can either set up diplomatic relations with the Palestinian State or not.
Further, the USA, as a member of the Security Council, can veto Palestinian MEMBERSHIP in the UN, as they did last September. But that is the extent of their authority. Beyond that, they can blackmail or bribe other world leaders to vote with them, but 138 nations already recognize Palestine as a State, and the US is starting to run out of friends. America itself is becoming a pariah state. Wait till other nations stop recognizing America as a civilized state!