Hey Israel! Nobody Cares About Your Religion

Is the US giving up its final chance at being a decent nation by fighting any hope for a free Palestine?

Courtesy: eddana.com

(SALEM) - "We join the House in support of the Obama Administration's opposition to a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state and join it in calling on the Administration to persuade other nations to oppose such a declaration," AIPAC said in a statement today.

The results of the recent talks are something between tragic and not surprising.

The United States supports Israel's terrorism and outlandish treatment of Palestinians.

Is this my country?

Has anyone seen the United States lately?

Somehow it was quietly kidnapped and replaced by an evil villain, and I don't mean Obama specifically, though I believe he is the most responsible.

The poor people of Palestinian are forced to live like animals and the U.S. government represents the exclusive needs of a group of zealots who are just rotten to the core in terms of their behavior.

And like most people who reject this wretched treatment of human beings, I could absolutely care less what religion that we are talking about. Like the lyrics of the band Ska-P in their song (translated from Spanish to English) Intifada!:

I am not an atheist, but I still strongly agree with the highlighted line of text.

Among the elements that further erode the position of the US in fighting or even standing against tyranny, oppression and Israel's state terrorism against the Palestinians, are many points that show an unwavering dedication to Israel, rather than the United States itself.

Yesterday, by a voice vote, with no time requested for opposition on the floor, the House passed a resolution opposing a unilateral declaration of statehood by the Palestinians. H.R. 1734 reads, in part:

Resolved, by the House of Representatives that Congress--

Pessimism on Israel Your insufficiently pessimistic leading article (Dead but not buried, 16 December) fails to refer to the most ineluctable fact about the stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians: demography. The prime minister of Jordan, whom I met in Amman last month, is the latest international statesman to point to what some of us have been saying for quite a while: that it is only a matter of time before the Palestinians (5.2 million at present) will outnumber Israeli Jews (5.7 million) and, as a prominent British Jewish leader said recently, exhibit Israel as an apartheid state. There will be no turning back, the chances of a two-state solution will disappear incrementally, and the one state that remains will not be Israel. Netanyahu's refusal to have a peace policy will become a suicide note. Gerald Kaufman MP Lab, Manchester Gorton

1. reaffirms its strong opposition to any attempt to establish a Palestinian state outside the negotiating process;
2. strongly and unequivocally opposes any attempt to seek recognition of a Palestinian state by the United Nations or other international forums;
3. calls upon the Administration to continue its opposition to the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state;
4. calls upon the Administration to affirm that the United States would deny any recognition, legitimacy, or support of any kind to any unilaterally declared `Palestinian state' and would urge other responsible nations to follow suit, and to make clear that any such unilateral declaration would constitute a grievous violation of the principles underlying the Oslo Accords and the Middle East peace process;
5. calls upon the Administration to affirm that the United States will oppose any attempt to seek recognition of a Palestinian state by the United Nations or other international forums and will veto any resolution to that end by the United Nations Security Council;

Sources:

House urges Obama to block unilateral Palestinian statehood - JTA

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