Not a good new year for everyone. Israel and of course, the US voted against the UN security council move to fix a 3 year time limit on peace negotiations to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine which is of course an illegal occupation. If nine countries had voted, as expected, in favour of the motion the US had made clear it would use the veto to block the motion. According to the Guardian (theguardian/world/2014/dec/31/us-israel-un-reject-palestinian-resolution-nigeria-security-council), “Even half an hour before the vote, Nigeria indicated it was committed to voting for the resolution” but Kerry and Netanyahu applied last minute pressure to swing the vote. The US, Israel’s closest ally, had made clear it opposed the set timetable in the draft resolution, insisting instead on a negotiated peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians. This is obviously ludicrous as it is clear to anyone that the confiscation of Palestinian land and the massive colony building plan are the real obstacles to peace negotiations. bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east Jan 10, 2014 - Israel announces plans to build more than 1400 new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. New York Times, Jun.5 2014 JERUSALEM — Israel says it is moving ahead with the planning and construction of hundreds of Jewish settlement homes as retaliation against the new Palestinian government, which has been accepted by the United States and much of the world August 31, 2014 By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Israel announced on Sunday a land appropriation in the occupied West Bank that an anti-settlement group termed the biggest in 30 years, ..France condemns Israels new settlement plans in Jerusalem albawaba › Home › News › Main Headlines Oct 3, 2014 - Israel announced plans to build 2,610 settlement units earlier this week, nytimes/2014/10/28/.../benjamin-netanyahu-east-jerusalem.html Oct 27, 2014 - The Israeli authorities said they would fast-trackplans for 1,060 new apartments in occupied East Jerusalem President Mahmoud Abbas signed papers on Wednesday for the Palestinian Authority to join the International Criminal Court, a controversial move that threatens a Palestinian war crimes suit against Israel and repercussions from the U.S. State Department Spokesman Edgar Vasquez said on Wednesday that the U.S. also opposed the Palestinians’ actions. “It will badly damage the atmosphere with the very people with whom they ultimately need to make peace,” he said. What planet does this miserable excuse live on? Hasn’t he heard of colonisation or does he think it makes the Palestinians happy to have even less land to look after
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:17:13 +0000
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