Posted on 10/01/2015 8:14:00 AM PDT by keat
The Palestinian flag has been raised for the first time at United Nations headquarters in New York.
The ceremony was attended by the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas.
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Mr. Abbas said it was unconscionable that the question of Palestinian statehood remained unresolved.
He also warned that the PA no longer felt bound by agreements with Israel he claimed were "continually violated".
"As long as Israel refuses to cease settlement activities and to release of the fourth group of Palestinian prisoners in accordance with our agreements, they leave us no choice but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to the implementation of these agreements," Mr. Abbas said.
"We therefore declare that we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements and that Israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupying power."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Mr. Abbas's speech was "deceitful and encourages incitement and lawlessness in the Middle East".
"We expect and call on the Authority and its leader to act responsibly and accede to the proposal of... Israel and enter into direct negotiations with Israel without preconditions."
Mr. Abbas has in the past threatened to dissolve the PA and hand sole responsibility for the West Bank to Israel if there is no chance of a peace deal.
The PA was set up as an interim administration for the major Palestinian cities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip after the 1993 Oslo Accord. It was envisaged that a comprehensive treaty would be concluded within five years.
However, more than two decades of talks with Israel have failed to achieve a final peace settlement and an independent Palestinian state. The last round of negotiations collapsed in April 2014.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
The UN should die.
Headline: Flag of nonexistent country raised at UN.
Didn’t Big Ears attended to see his homies raise their flag?
I think this is incredibly wonderful. Make the UN accept them as a full fledged country or state of their own. Let the whole world accept and recognize them as the Palestinian State.
And when the next set of rockets come over, that will be a declaration of war from one state against another and Israel can legally and morally beat their ass into the stone age.
Of course, they do not have that far to go, but the trip would be epic.
“He also warned that the PA no longer felt bound by agreements with Israel he claimed were “continually violated”.”
Ah yes, the old “blame the party you are offending of doing to you what you are actually doing to them”. An old liberal trick still used to this day.
I hope Israel wipes these POS off the map!!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.