Israel's Netanyahu: Palestinian victories at UN 'change nothing'

Anticipating a stinging diplomatic defeat at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a vote there to upgrade the Palestinians' status to a non-member state would "change nothing," insisting that only negotiations with Israel could bring about Palestinian statehood.

With an overwhelming majority of U.N. General Assembly members expected to endorse the status change Thursday afternoon, and key European nations saying they would either vote yes or abstain, Israeli officials tried to play down the significance of the step, which is opposed by Washington.

Officials here have scaled back threats of tough responses against the Palestinians in the event of a U.N. vote, reflecting concern that such a reaction could leave Israel even more isolated internationally.

"The decision at the U.N. today will change nothing on the ground," Netanyahu said. "It will not advance the establishment of a Palestinian state; it will push it off."

"Peace can only be achieved one way, through direct negotiations between the parties without preconditions, and not through one-sided decisions at the U.N. that totally ignore Israel's vital security needs," Netanyahu said. "I would not be impressed with the applause at the U.N.," he added. "No matter how many fingers are raised against us, there is no force in the world that will get me to compromise on Israel's security."

While conceding that the Palestinians have long had enough votes in the General Assembly to approve a resolution upgrading their U.N. observer status from "entity" to "non-member observer state," Israeli officials had hoped to assemble a "moral majority" of friendly European nations, along with the United States, to vote against the move.

Those hopes were dashed early Thursday, when Germany said it would abstain from voting, a day after Britain suggested it would do the same. France, Italy and Spain have announced that they would endorse the resolution, along with several other European Union nations, including Greece, Belgium and Denmark.

The European stance has been interpreted in Israel as an effort to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after the recent Israeli offensive against Hamas in Gaza, which boosted support for the militant Islamist group among Palestinians.

"The fact that the Palestinians can orchestrate and pass a one-sided, anti-Israeli resolution at the United Nations should come as a surprise to no one," said Mark Regev, a spokesman for Netanyahu. "The General Assembly has a history of passing these sort of resolutions with an automatic anti-Israeli majority based on the Arab and nonaligned states and Muslim countries."

Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, acknowledged that Israel was disappointed with the European response, but said "the General Assembly has rules of its own: they always vote with a huge majority for any kind of Palestinian proposal."

Regev suggested that Israel would respond after the U.N. vote but did not elaborate. "Because this is a clear violation of signed agreements," he said, "you can't expect Israel not to respond in a proportionate way."

Palmor said the response would depend on whether the Palestinians tried to use their new status to act against Israel in other U.N. bodies — for example, by attempting to bring war crimes charges against the Israeli government and military in the International Criminal Court.

"If they make this a platform for more confrontation, then there will be a firm response," Palmor said.

Documents leaked to the media from the Foreign Ministry in recent weeks raised the prospect that Israel might cancel its peace accords with the Palestinians, or even move to topple the Palestinian Authority, in response to actions at the United Nations that it perceived as hostile.

But Palmor said any measures that might be taken, such as financial sanctions, would be "within the framework of existing agreements."

The date of the Palestinian statehood bid carries symbolic importance for both sides, coming on the anniversary of the U.N. General Assembly vote on Nov. 29, 1947, to partition British-ruled Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state, a step that led to the creation of Israel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israels-netanyahu-palestinian-victories-at-un-change-nothing-8371188.html

WESTERN COUNTRIES/THE ZIONIST ENTITY/SAUDIS DESTROYED SYRIA!

WESTERN COUNTRIES/THE ZIONIST ENTITY/SAUDIS DESTROYED SYRIA!

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Caricature de Raymond Burki

Des centaines de milliers de morts, enfants trucidés, femmes violées et ébreuillées, gamins assassinés dans leur âge d'or, anciens tabassés, le fleur des fleurs des hommes dans les gueules. Pour tout ça on a eu en exchange des beaux champs de réfugiés à ciel ouvert, égout et décharge de déchets de l'Etat sioniste, une réserve de main-d'oeuvre du bâtiment à bas prix pour leurs industrie du bâtiment. Exulter pour être devenus observateurs du massacre de leurs Patrie... Avec la bénédiction des Nations Unies, ah bon c'est une grande satisfaction ça! Au moins les Peau-Rouge amérindiens ont une réserve naturelle et biologique.

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Centinaia di migliaia di morti, bimbi trucidati, donne violentate e sventrate, ragazzi nel fiore della vita uccisi, anziani malmenati, il fior fiore degli uomini nelle carceri. In cambio un bel campo profughi a cielo aperto,fogna e discarica dello stato sionista, riserva di manodopera edilizia a basso costo. Esultare per essere diventati osservatori dello scempio della propria Patria. Con la benedizione dell'ONU, questa si che è una grande soddisfazione. Almeno i pellerossa hanno una riserva naturale e biologica.

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Mourad Medelci inflige une leçon à Rafik Bouchlakha

L’incident diplomatique s’est produit lors de la réunion des ministres arabes des Affaires étrangères qui s’est tenue au Caire le 13 novembre 2012. Plus exactement pendant la seconde séance à huis clos, consacrée au dossier palestinien.

Mourad Medelci

Le ministre algérien des Affaires étrangères est intervenu pour demander à ses collègues des « solutions concrètes dans le soutien à Gaza », en s’adressant particulièrement au ministre qatari des Affaires étrangères. Mais, à la grande surprise générale, c’est Rafik Bouchlakha qui a pris la parole pour dire à Mourad Medelci : « En cinquante ans, qu’a-t-elle donc fait l’Algérie pour la cause palestinienne ?».

Habituellement calme et fin diplomate, la réplique de Mourad Medelci a été cinglante et s’adressait à Hamad Ibn Jassim al-Thani et à son esclave tunisien : « A ceux qui s’interrogent où était l’Algérie, je répondrai que nous n’avions pas à renvoyer un ambassadeur sioniste qui ne rêve même pas de mettre les pieds chez nous. Devons-nous par exemple cesser d’exporter notre gaz à l’Entité sioniste ? Devons-nous expulser les bases américaines et celles de l’OTAN de nos territoires dont nous avons juré qu’ils n’y mettront jamais les pieds ? Dites-nous ce que nous devons faire, partir au djihad contre Israël ? C’est ce qu’il y a de plus facile pour un algérien libre, mais garantissez nous votre non trahison, assurez nous que vous ne nous poignarderiez pas dans le dos comme à chaque fois… garantissez nous l’ouverture de vos frontières et nous… ».

Mourad Medelci a terminé son intervention par cette phrase foudroyante : « Nous avons été éduqué dans la haine du sionisme et vous avez été éduqué dans la trahison ».

Nabil Arabi, qui a dû se sentir visé lui aussi, a levé cette séance à huis clos pour la reprendre une heure plus tard.

Source: Tunisie Secrete 

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