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UN Security Council Panel Fails To Agree On Palestinian Statehood Bid
Haaretz ^ | 11 Nov 2011 | Shlomo Shamir and Reuters

Posted on 11/11/2011 1:21:14 PM PST by edpc

A UN Security Council committee said on Friday it had failed to reach agreement over a Palestinian application for full membership in the United Nations, the Portuguese UN ambassador said.

The decision by the council's admissions committee brought the Palestinian Authority's push for UN recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, one step closer to collapse.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: israel; middleeast; palestine; un
They should have accepted the original two state solution 60+ years ago. They know this will fail and want it to, so they have another excuse for continual conflict.
1 posted on 11/11/2011 1:21:18 PM PST by edpc
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To: edpc

But there would be a Jewish State too. They want their “Palestinian” state where Israel already is.


2 posted on 11/11/2011 1:23:29 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: edpc; All

Until Palestinians officially acknowledge the right of Israel to exist as a state, they should have no right to exist as a state.


3 posted on 11/11/2011 1:33:30 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

Just give them Sinai and be done with it.

Israel built a nation out of sand. I am sure the Palestinians could do the same thing.

I know, that’s funny,.


4 posted on 11/11/2011 1:57:25 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (To fix government, we need a rocket scientist. Oh, wait we have one!)
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Thanks edpc.
...brought the Palestinian Authority's push for UN recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, one step closer to collapse.

5 posted on 11/11/2011 3:02:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: edpc

Cue Nelson Muntz...


6 posted on 11/11/2011 4:21:57 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: gleeaikin

No argument here......


7 posted on 11/11/2011 7:19:43 PM PST by edpc (Wilby 2012)
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