Israel to withhold Palestinian funds until March, at least

Maan News Agency | Dec 12, 2012 JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel will withhold tax revenues from President Mahmoud Abbas’s administration until March at least in response to his statehood campaign at the United Nations, Israel’s foreign minister said. Under interim peace deals, Israel collects some $100 million a month in duties on behalf of the […]

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#WestBankUnderAttack | Israeli Settlement Construction Fallout ~ by @StephenLendman

Stephen Lendman | Global Research, December 04, 2012 Netanyahu’s E1 Ma’aleh Adumin settlement construction announcement drew considerable flack. What it means remains to be seen. Palestinian rights have been spurned for decades. Expect little change now. At issue is separating the West Bank from Jerusalem, Judaizing the entire city, surrounding Palestinian urban areas with encroaching […]

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Full text: Abbas speech to UN General Assembly

Maan News Agency | Nov 30, 2012 New York Nov. 29, 2012 Mr. President of the General Assembly, Your Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Palestine comes today to the United Nations General Assembly at a time when it is still tending to its wounds and still burying its beloved martyrs of children, […]

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Abbas Submits Weak UN Status Bid ~ by @StephenLendman

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 | Australian PM @JuliaGillard under fire for stance on Palestine UN upgrade

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. ~ Bishop Desmond Tutu Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has come under heavy pressure from Jewish and pro-Israeli groups after announcing that Canberra would abstain from a vote for the upgrading of the status of Palestine at the UN. […]

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

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

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

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 […]

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

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

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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New York Times Opposes Palestinian Self-Determination ~ by @StephenLendman

OpEdNews | Nov 8, 2012 | Stephen Lendman The New York Times supports wealth, power and privilege. Longstanding NYT articles, op-eds, and editorials are notoriously one-sided for Israel. Palestinian rights don’t matter, only Jewish ones. Life in Occupied Palestine harshness goes largely unreported. Crimes of war and against humanity are ignored. An earlier If If […]

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Nabi Shaath: ‘UN bid to allow Lawsuit against Israel’

Qatar News Agency | Nov 3, 2012 Ramallah, November 03 (QNA) – The Palestinian Authority hopes to upgrade Palestine’s UN status to that of a “non-member observer state” in order to be able to sue Israel at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, said Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Shaath on Saturday. The Palestinians […]

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

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 […]

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

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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#India condemning barring of NAM meeting, about to sign a $10-15 billion/year FTA with #Israel

It’s all about the shekels! India objects to cancellation of NAM meeting on  the occasion of a Palestinian bid at the United Nations  (Source  TwoCircles.net ) Economic Times reported although on Aug 2, 2012: MUMBAI: India and Israel will hold another round of negotiations on August 14-16 on signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to […]

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