Christian Science Monitor | Who backs Palestine UN bid? Ehud Olmert, among others Christian Science Monitor Decides to accord to Palestine non-member observer State status in the United Nations, without prejudice to the acquired rights, privileges and role of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the United Nations as the representative of the Palestinian ... Official: Palestine established on PM, Lieberman's watch At least 150 countries expected to vote in favor of Palestinian bid at UN Palestinians hope UN recognition of 'Palestine' will bring leverage in talks ... |
PolicyMic | A UN vote for Palestine is a vote for peace The Daily Star Nowhere are the grievances that perpetuate violence and war more evident than they are in Palestine today. But the world's politicians continue to dance around the problem, rather than confront it. The recent deadly violence in the Gaza Strip was only ... Palestine closer to U.N. recognition in spite of terror acts Palestine's future lies in negotiations with Israel, not UN Palestinian envoy predicts historic UN vote recognizing the state of Palestine |
Sydney Morning Herald | PM's Palestine problem bad start to our UN stint Crikey Julia Gillard, for whatever reason, has had a blind spot on Palestine for some years. The Israelis and the United States lobby hard, maybe the Prime Minister has been swayed by them; if so it has been done at cost to the facts. Gaza is a Palestinian ... ALP pathetic for failing to vote on Palestine: John Howard Gillard under Jewish pressure over Palestine No peace for Labor in the Middle West |
Deutsche Welle | Continental support for Palestinian cause in South America Middle East Monitor The recent Israeli massacre on Gaza triggered a number of solidarity protests around the world; a significant number of these activities were organised in Latin America, home to thousands of Palestinian refugees. Mauricio Abu-Ghosh, a first generation ... Ambivalence of Muslim solidarity — Sumanto Al Qurtuby (Jakarta Globe) Columnist: Israeli-Palestinian crisis hits home Israelis And Palestinians: Biblical Fiction Vs. Natural Rights – OpEd |
gulfnews.com | Palestine: A step closer to statehood? gulfnews.com Dubai: A few weeks after his famous speech in Algiers in November 15, 1988 declaring an “Independent Palestinian State”, late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat headed to Geneva to achieve a major political gain at the UN General Assembly in Geneva. Arafat's legend lives on for Ramallah youth |
Sky News Australia | Robert Fisk: At least Mr Palestine is in good company Irish Independent So they have dug up the old boy at last. Irony of ironies. All his life Yasser Arafat feared assassination, and with good reason. The Israelis tried to bomb him from the air in Beirut in 1982 – but someone tipped 'Mr Palestine' off, and the Israeli ... Palestine vows action if Arafat poisoned Yasser Arafat's body exhumed: Poison probe ahead of UN vote Arafat's Body Exhumed in Palestine to See Whether He Was Poisoned |
Asean Chief: South China Sea risks becoming 'Asia's Palestine' CNN International Jakarta (CNN) -- Southeast Asia's top diplomat has warned that the South China Sea disputes risk becoming "Asia's Palestine", deteriorating into a violent conflict that draws sharp dividing lines between nations and destabilises the whole region. |
European countries divided ahead of Palestinian statehood bid Fox News Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been lobbying Western countries, particularly in Europe, in hopes of presenting a broad international consensus against Israel. The international boost will also help him in his rivalry with Hamas, which gained ... |
ABC News | Key Players, Positions on Palestinian Statehood ABC News The vote is largely symbolic, the outcome nearly assured: The Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching the evolving positions of a few key countries in Thursday's U.N. General Assembly resolution to raise the Palestinians' status from a U.N ... |
The Independent (blog) | The road to a Palestinian state goes through the negotiating table. Benjamin ... The Independent (blog) On 2 November 1917, Arthur James Lord Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, wrote a letter to Lord Rothschild, in which he said that: “His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” For ... |