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UNESCO rescinds US and Israel’s voting rights

A view of the main hall during the opening of the UNESCO “Forum of leaders”, on November 6, 2013, in Paris. (Photo: AFP – Jacques Demarthon) Al Akhbar English | Friday, November 8, 2013 Updated at 5:00pm: UNESCO has suspended the voting rights of Israel and the United States, two years after they stopped paying […]

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General Assembly Votes For Palestinian Right To Self Determination

Friday December 21, 2012 04:54 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies With an overwhelming majority, the United Nations General Assembly voted for the “Palestinian Right To Self Determination”; the vote passed by 179 votes while only seven countries, including Israel and the United States, voted against, and three countries abstained. File – muftah.org Palestinian […]

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US and Israel Faced The Greatest Slap Heard Around the World

By Mohamed Khodr | Dec 8, 2012 | Sabbah Report It is Israel that is enraging the world and turning it into a hostile Anti-Jewish planet. “A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all”. – Tacitus: Senator and Historian […]

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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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DEJA-VU | US senate threatens to halt aid to Palestinians after historic UN vote

Note occpal | Last years UN bid was accompanied by similar threats and sanctions: Obama Threatens Aid Cut-Off If PA Goes to UN ( Source ) America Threatens to Punish PA, If It were Accepted at UN ( Source ) US senators have warned that Washington will cut its financial aid to the Palestinian Authority […]

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‘Democratic’ Fatah pressures employees to vote for its lists in West Bank

[ PIC 01/10/2012 – 07:29 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– Many sources reported that the civilian and military employees at PA were ordered to support Fatah movement’s lists in the upcoming municipal elections. The sources told PIC’s correspondent that this generalization is contrary to the claims of the Ramallah authority that it is impartial and […]

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Ashrawi Deplores US Sole Negative Vote at UNESCO

WAFA NEWS AGENCY MARCH 6 2012 RAMALLAH, March 6, 2012 (WAFA) – PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi Tuesday deplored the United States sole negative vote cast at five resolutions adopted by UNESCO Executive Board. “It is reprehensible that out of 58 countries, the United States alone cast negative votes and managed to isolate itself […]

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Britain Declares Their Intention to Abstain From UN Membership Vote

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures Thursday November 10, 2011 15:25 by William Gibson – IMEMC & Agencies The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has announced that Great Britain will abstain from the upcoming United Nations Security Council (UNSC) vote regarding the granting of full UN membership to […]

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US vote against Palestinian bid ‘racist’

Press Release: #FREEDOMWAVES | Topic FreedomWaves | Category Flotilla PressTV Thu Nov 3, 2011 2:56AM GMT Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki (L) and PA ambassador to UNESCO Elias Sanbar attend a news conference during the 36th session of UNESCO’s General Conference in Paris, October 31, 2011. The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has congratulated […]

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Fact sheet on the PLO’s bid for UNESCO & Celebrations on Vote – video

IMEU, Oct 31, 2011   As part of their statehood bid at the United Nations the Palestine Liberation Organization applied for Palestine to be admitted as a member state to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). On October 5, the Executive Board of UNESCO agreed to forward the request to the full body. […]

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UNESCO Decides To Put Statehood Bid To A Vote

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid | Category Statehood Thursday October 06, 2011 06:47 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Executive Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted Wednesday in favor of putting the issue of granting Palestine a full membership, to a vote. PACE grants Palestine […]

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Shaath: US trying to avoid veto by pressuring UN Security Council members

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid | Category Statehood Maan News Agency | Oct 1, 2011 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath said Saturday the US was trying to avoid using its veto by pressuring UN Security Council members to vote against a Palestinian bid for UN membership. At a news conference […]

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Knesset to vote on full Israeli annexation of the West Bank

By Adam Horowitz on September 27, 2011 | Mondoweiss Danny Danon, who recently appeared with Rick Perry in New York, announced today that the Knesset will vote on his bill to annex the West Bank at the end of October. The bill also nullifies the Oslo Accords, ending all Israeli agreements with the Palestinian Authority. […]

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Palestinians will not accept vote delay

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid | Category Statehood PressTV – Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:56AM GMT Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat A top Palestinian official has said that acting Palestinian Authority (PA) Chief Mahmoud Abbas will not accept a delayed vote on his proposal for membership in the UN. Rejecting the increasing pressure […]

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