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How the World Voted on Palestine
Yes 138 No 9 Abstain 41

U.S. govt takes anti-freedom position toward Palestine.

(MELBOURNE, Aust) - As most know by now, Palestine received a favorable vote in the United Nations today, and Palestine is now a UN Observer State.

Heading a small pack of countries that voted against freedom for Palestine were the United States and Israel.

Palestinians Win Upgraded UN Status by Wide Margin

The Palestinians are seeking UN recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, the lands Israel captured in 1967.

(LONDON BBC) - The UN General Assembly has voted to grant the Palestinians non-member observer state status - a move opposed by Israel and the US.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the assembly the vote was the "last chance to save the two-state solution" with Israel.

Israeli Terror: The `Final Solution` to the Palestine Question

The effective power of the pro-Zionist Lobby gives Israel the capacity to replace the US agenda with its own.

(MEXICO CITY) - For the past forty-five years the state of Israel has been dispossessing millions of Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories,

Israel confiscates lands, destroy homes, bulldozing orchards and setting-up ‘Jews-only’ colonial settlements serviced by highways, electrical systems and water works for the exclusive use of the settlers and occupying soldiers.

November 29, 1947 --- November 29, 2012
Palestine`s Infant Step to Statehood

"Out of the original sins of the world against the Jews, grew the original sins of Zionism against the Palestinians," --Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, “Original Sins”

(WASHINGTON DC) - November 29, 2012 will live forever in posterity and in perpetuity as the day the Palestinians took the first step to the international legitimacy of a nation, a people.

They have been victimized by the west and a heartless, racist, and murderous rogue state, Israel, and a world paralyzed by American hegemony, domination and fear.

`Quand Les Rebelles Se Dressent`

Aucun enfant ne mérite cela, dressons-nous, soyons forts, intelligents et courageux.

(SACRAMENTO / BOSTON) - En Amérique, nous sommes élevés à être logiques, puis, comme adultes, confrontés aux attentes les plus contrastées.

L'une est que nous soutenions un gouvernement comme celui d'Israël qui tue si souvent des enfants qu'il en fait tourner la tête.

Pillar of Superstition

" ...our being here and our opening the war; we do our Jewish religious duty..." - military Rabbi in Lebanon

(LAVERNE, CA) - “I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.” (Exodus 23:27)

During this interlude in Israel’s second unprovoked incursion of Gaza, we might pause to reflect on what is, arguably, the real reasons for Netanyahu and Lieberman to execute their victims corralled in the walled prison of Gaza.

APN Calls on Obama to Support Palestinian UN Initiative

The decision of the Palestinians to once again take their case to the UN does not signal that they are ‘going unilateral’ or rejecting peace.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Americans for Peace Now today called on the Obama Administration and the international community to support the Palestinians’ bid to upgrade their status at the UN to that of non-member observer state.

APN called on the Obama Administration, Israel, and the international community to use this development as a springboard...

How the Hamas Victory in Gaza Can Bring Civil Rights to Palestinians in Lebanon

... the Lebanese “favor the liberation of Palestine and Gaza, but they oppose even the most basic civil rights for Palestinians in Lebanon.” - Palestinian

(SHATILA REFUGEE CAMP, Lebanon) - The current festive celebrations in Lebanon’s 12 Palestinian refugee camps reflect the intense euphoria being witnessed throughout Gaza and occupied Palestine.

It is shared in Arab and Muslim countries, as well as relief among people of goodwill globally.

It Rains Rocket from Gaza, Never Bombs from Israel

The same goes for any remarks about Iran’s so far non-existent nukes. There should be equal emphasis on Israel’s vast arsenal of WMDs.

(LONDON) - Alistair Burt is the UK Foreign Office minister in charge of Middle East affairs. He is also a former officer of the Conservative Friends of Israel lobby group.

He resigned from that position when he became a minister, but leopards don't suddenly change their spots.

The Next War Will be Israel`s Last

Jewish state bruises itself in latest attacks.

(ST AUGUSTINE, FL) - I didn't have a passing interest in the latest and last Israel-Gaza war which I refuse to call by its cockamamie name Operation Pillar Of Defense.

My daughter and nephew were IDF soldiers placed in the line of fire to fight for the losing side.