The recent UNESCO vote in favor of Palestinian membership has polarized world States. One hundred and seven votes in favor, 52 abstentions ( a back-door vote for Palestine ) and 14 votes against- including the US of AIPAC and Israel itself Of these remaining 12, Canada and Australia are the most unlikely of bedfellows with neoZionist fascism but their weak governments are not truly representing the will of their people. Defense pacts are uppermost in the minds of politicians who prostrated themselves before the US of AIPAC nuclear arsenal many years ago. This is wrong. The 21st century needs moral leadership and that no longer rides with Old Glory unfurled. On the contrary, that particular emblem has become an object of fear and ridicule. Juan Cole summarizes the UNESCO event beautifully. Bear in mind, this recognition is just a beginning; Humanitarians among us will be starting to fear for decent Israelis. There is no requirement that they be held responsible for the crazed behavior of their neoZionist leadership. They probably didn't vote for the bullying curs currently disgracing the Knesset. A majority of Americans never voted for Guantanamo George.
I dunno about this blogger. He uses Apartheid synonymously with Israel, which as we know from Judge Goldstone, a South African consitutinal judge, that is patently false. If he gets that analysis wrong, what else is he getting wrong? The spokeswoman for UNESCO is worried about this development because UNESCO is known as an anti-Israeli institution which prompted the US to withdraw its funding in the 80s. She had been working against this image. Oh well, we'll see if this enables the peace process.
This ' blogger's' viewpoint echoes that of all the intelligentsia. You're on the wrong horse. Backwards.
"All of intelligensia" is Moon and his pals. ...... But not the spokeswomen of UNESCO, whose interview I read in the German press today. Your blogger got the apartheid reference wrong, so he discredited himself. Next....
I appreciate , YOU as a fellow South African would try to sypathize with him. Goldstone is also a Jew who ( as a White ) benefitted a great deal during Sth Africa's Apartheid years and described by his daughter as a Zionist and loves Israel - when she appealed on his behalf. As for Israel being an Apartheid state - no two situations are totally identicle - but in some respects there are certainly similarities with the Afrikaner/Boer white supremists/ racists of Sth Africa. btw - Liebe - did you or yr parents /relatives attend privileged schools for "Whites ONly " ? ,,,
Liebe - this is nothing new , Former Pres. Carter, DEsmond Tutu , Mandela , etc... who very likely know as much as can be known abt Apartheid - = institutional racial disrimination - separation - also made similar observations abt Israel. Read this apost from one of yr countrymen. http://www.politicalforum.com/lates...urate-slander-against-israel.html#post4650780 .....
Many similarities between this situation and the Sudanese one. South Sudan has just gained independence and international recognition why can't Palestine?
lol...So there are only 14 countries that want Israel to remain the sovereign, independent state is currently is? The other 52 absentions and even those that voted for "Palestine" to gain entrance into this dept of the UN want Israel annihilated like you? That doesnt seem right?
Frankly, ' relevant ' , I'm tired of differentiating between ' neoZionism ' and ' Israel' for the benefit of the convoy's stragglers.
Hypocrisy is a staple of politics worldwide sadly. When you discover a governmental agency anywhere thats doesnt practice it please pass it on. We could point out the hypocrisy of the UN lending Hamas terrorists legitimacy by including them in UNESCO by simply posting UNESCOs or the UNs mission statements. Or by the UNs appointment of China to human right council. Or how about Libyas to head it in 2003? Or electing Iran to head committee on womens rights? Or NK to head conference on disarmament?
Sure they do, I don't think they would ever consider themselves neutral though, they are merely protecting their interests, since when did they state they are neutral? Who does?
Im tired of you dishonestly hiding behind the words,why do you think I rarely give you a pass? The 'zionist regime' is the actual state of Israel and the folks who support it.
Check out the full list of votes here... http://humanprovince.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/unesco-palestine/ No: Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sweden, United States of America, Vanuatu Abstentions: Albania, Andorra, Bahamas, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cook Islands, Côte dIvoire, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Georgia, Haiti, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Latvia, Liberia, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Switzerland, Thailand, Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Zambia. Absent: Antigua and Barbuda, Central African Republic, Comoros, Dominica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Niue, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan. The link has all the yes votes.
You can be ' neutral ' with honesty and dignity. Hypocrites are ********s. Professional hypocrites are professional ********s.
makes you wonder if the worlds people had referendums and the vote rather than the politicians what the results would have been
NeoZionist ********s can rest easy knowing that the representatives of the people of Vanuatu are rooting for them. That leaves eleven.
Yes votes: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Sant Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
Due to the voting system an abstention was a vote for Palestine. Hey, did you know that the US stores its nuclear weapons on Palau ? There's a vote in the bag.
There is only one pro-Zionist country. Even the US favors the creation of Palestine. We just want them to agree to recognize Israel, denounce terror, and draw up terms for a meaningful peace. However Hamas isn't interested in peace. Just a better position from which to wage terror and war. And it seems there is a shortage of countries willing to get them to change that position. Wait, are those hypothetical things, or did they actually have those counties head those councils/committes?
Not the US government. The US government is controlled by AIPAC. The US government recently gave the fascist, Netanyahu, twenty minutes of standing ovations in Washington because he defied Obama's policies on Palestinian Statehood and the cessation of land theft.