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Palestinian statehood idea at ‘dead-end’: Israel minister

June 17, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

A general view of an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian lands in al-Quds. (File photo) PressTV | Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:34PM Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett says that the idea of establishing an independent Palestinian state has reached a dead end. “The idea that a Palestinian state will be founded within … […]

A Palestinian activist fixes a flag near an encampment set up to protest against Israel's intention to confiscate land on 20 January 2013 in the West Bank village of Beit Iksa. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad Gharabli)

Cyprus formally recognizes State of Palestine

February 8, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Al Akhbar English | February 8, 2013 Cyprus said on Friday it has upgraded its relations with the Palestinians to full diplomatic mission status, one of just eight European Union countries to do so. The decision was announced by Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis during an official visit by her Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Malki. “I informed […]

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Abbas Submits Weak UN Status Bid ~ by @StephenLendman

November 29, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Stephen Lendman | Nov 28, 2012 | Global Research Palestine deserves full UN membership. It’s entitled to all rights and privileges afforded other Member States. Getting them is simple. It should have happened years ago. Palestine satisfies all essential criteria. On November 15, 1988, it achieved statehood. Previous articles explained. Security Council vetoes can’t prevent […]

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#Palestine2UN | UN Third Committee Votes For Palestinian Right To Self Determination

November 28, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Wednesday November 28, 2012 20:35 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The General Assembly of the United Nations, Social, Humanitarian, & Cultural – Third Committee, unanimously voted Wednesday for a resolution acknowledging the Palestinian Right to Self Determination. 173 countries voted for the resolution while six countries (United States, Canada, Israel, Micronesia, The Marshall […]

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Acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas holds a copy of the letter requesting Palestinian statehood as he speaks during the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, September 23, 2011.

Major EU Support for Palestine at the UN

November 28, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

More than half of the 27 member states of the European Union are expected to vote for the upgrading of the status of Palestine to non-member observer state at the United Nations this week, Austria’s Foreign Ministry says. PRESSTV | Nov 28, 2012 The Austrian ministry stated on Tuesday that Vienna will aslo support the […]

Europe, Israel, UN

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Abbas Arrives In New York, US Slams France For Supporting P.A Bid

November 28, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Wednesday November 28, 2012 08:23 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian factions express support to UN bid. Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, arrived in New York accompanied by several senior Palestinian officials, in order to officially submit the Palestinian application for a nonmember state status at the United Nations General Assembly. President Mahmoud Abbas […]

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'Judith Beheading Holofernes' Painting in oil by Artemisia Gentileschi Date: c.1612 "This is a rare depiction of something other paintings ignore: the fight that Holofernes may or may not have put up when he was being murdered. Here, in the moment of dying, he presses his right hand up against his assailant, attempting to fight her off. Judith's body seems to flinch away - from Holofernes? or from what she is doing?" Bible reference: Judith 13:8

UK Blackmail on UN bid: Thou forgave “Israel”? I hereby dub thee Exterminatus. Arise Palestine!

November 27, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Nov 26, 2012 ~ by occpal OK… let’s cut this short, this is not some dubbing of the knighting of Sir Lancelot by the British Monarch, but the colonial arrogance of the British Colonial Empire aided by the zionist lobby which seems to result in the most Orwellian headlines…. It was covered by guardian: I […]

Israel must have the courage to admit what it has achieved and what it was not able to achieve.

#Gaza | Israeli professor says Hamas victory is equal to establishment of a state

November 23, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Middle East Monitor | Nov 23, 2012 A professor of political science at Tel Aviv University has said that Hamas “remained standing” during the recent Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip. According to Professor Shaul Mishal, Hamas’s victory is equal to the establishment of a state in its consequences.The specialist in Arab politics noted that […]

#GazaUnderAttack | Fatah: Gaza escalation aims to thwart UN bid

November 12, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Maan News Agency | Nov 12, 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israel is using the escalation in Gaza to try and thwart the PLO’s bid for state membership of the UN, a senior Fatah official said Monday. Jamal Nazzal, a member of Fatah’s revolutionary council, said Israel was trying to hold the Palestinian Authority responsible for […]

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FULL TEXT OF DRAFT RESOLUTION PALESTINE PLANS SO SUBMIT TO UNGA

November 10, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Mitchell Plitnick Blog | Nov 10, 2012 Pasted below is the full text, as it currently stands, of the resolution the Palestinian Authority is planning to bring to the UN General Assembly, apparently on November 29. The resolution is extremely mild, calling for the State of Palestine to be accorded the same status in the […]

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51 states ‘undecided’ over Palestinian UN bid

November 9, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Maan News Agency | Nov 9, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fifty-one countries are undecided over whether to support in its bid to become a non-member state of the UN, an Arab League official said Friday. Mohammad Sbeih, secretary-general of Palestinian affairs at the Arab League, said 115 states were expected to vote for the upgrade […]

Palestine, Politics, UN

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Shaath: “Abbas Will Submit Straightforward, Clear, UN Application”

November 3, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Saturday November 03, 2012 07:19 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian official, Dr. Nabil Shaath, stated that there is no confusion in the text that President Mahmoud Abbas intends to submit to the United Nations this month, adding that Abbas will head to the UN telling world leaders “We have decided to raise […]

Occupation, Palestine, Politics, UN

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Obama Rejects Palestinian Statehood ~ by @StephenLendman

October 30, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Stephen Lendman | OpEdNews | Oct 30, 2012 Obama spurns fundamental Palestinian rights. What do you call a Black man who rejects equal rights for his own people and others? A racist traitor. What do you call a rejectionist leader? A criminal who should be impeached, removed and prosecuted. Obama stands guilty on multiple counts. […]

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Abu Marzouk: Abbas has should talk about what his people want

September 30, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 30/09/2012 - 08:47 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Moussa Abu Marzouk, Hamas’s deputy political bureau chief said that Abbas should be talking, in international forums, about what he could do and what his people want and to realize the Palestinians’ interests, especially on the anniversary of the blessed Aqsa Intifada. Abu Mazen’s speech at […]

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PRESS RELEASE | South Africa: Statement By Deputy Minister Ebrahim On the Palestinian-Israeli Situation

August 18, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

AllAfrica.com | Aug 17, 2012 press release South Africa continues to support international efforts to assist the people of Palestine and Israel in finding lasting peace in the context of the two state solution. The Government’s policy position on the situation in Palestine is informed by South Africa’s history of apartheid, oppression and abuse of […]

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NAM condemns Israel for barring ministers from Ramallah

August 5, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Egyptian FM Mohammed Kamel Amr speaks as other Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ministers listen on at a news conference in Amman on August 5, 2012. PressTV | Sun Aug 5, 2012 8:49PM GMT This Israeli action highlights once again to NAM and to the whole international community the plight of the Palestinian people in their struggle […]

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Tel Aviv bars NAM ministers from Ramallah meeting

August 5, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

NAM expressed it’s intention to support the Palestinian statehood bid. Like it did as well last September 2011. So to obstruct any negotiation even supporting any bid, Israel simply blocks entry to the NAM ministers: Israeli forces prepare to fire teargas canisters at Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank. (File photo) PressTV | Sun Aug […]

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#VIDEO | United Nations tool to control world

August 5, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

PRESS TV | Aug 5, 2012 by PressTVGlobalNews Palestinians plan to renew their bid to upgrade Palestine’s status at the United Nations in order to be recognized as an independent state. Palestine, which currently holds “observer” status at the UN, will ask to be upgraded to “non-member state” at the General Assembly meeting on September […]

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Palestinian Statehood Discussed at Arab League

July 23, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Monday July 23, 2012 13:43 by Craig Harrington – IMEMC & Agencies The Arab League met in Doha, Qatar on Sunday to discuss Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ planned bid for further UN member recognition, reports Ma’an News. President Mahmoud Abbas at an Arab League Summitt The Palestinian Authority has spent much of the past two […]

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Radwan: Hamas keen on Palestinian state

April 22, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 22/04/2012 - 03:56 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas is keen on the establishment of a Palestinian state with Gaza Strip included, Dr. Ismail Radwan, a Hamas leader, said on Sunday. He told the PIC that Palestinian land should be liberated in order to establish a Palestinian state, adding that his movement would never […]

Palestine, Statehood

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Mansour: US trying to stall UN bid

October 20, 2011 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Maan News Agency | October 20, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The UN membership bid is likely to come to a head on or around Nov. 11, when Security Council ambassadors plan a final meeting to decide their response, diplomats said on Wednesday. The date represents […]

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Israel’s Jewishness: Precondition for Palestinian Statehood

October 7, 2011 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Truth does not bother “Israel”. Pushing Buttons Do. To mute. “From Tweeting until Termination” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem. (Photo: REUTERS – Darren Whiteside) By: Jonathan Cook | Al Akhbar | Friday, October 7, 2011 Nazareth – Israel’s relentless efforts to foil a Palestinian bid […]

Israel, Palestine, Statehood, Zionism

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