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| Palestinians vent their rage at American veto |
| 2011-02-21 |
| [Arab News] Around 3,000 Paleostinians on Sunday protested against the US veto that nixed a UN Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements. The crowd massed in Ramallah's Manara Square, a central roundabout in the West Bank city, waving banners and shouting slogans against the US administration. "Obama, you despicable man, we want self-determination!" shouted protesters, many of them members of Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party. Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Alul told the crowd: "This decision is against the Paleostinian people and its freedom, and it supports Israeli injustice, oppression and occupation. We tell (President Barack) Obama that we are a people that doesn't bow to anyone." In Jenin, Paleostinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad accused the United States of blackmail amid Paleostinian allegations that Washington threatened to cut aid if the settlements resolution was not withdrawn. "We didn't and will not accept blackmail and neither will our people," Fayyad said. "We are not interested in aid from any party that threatens to cut it for political reasons. The US approach must change because these double standards cannot continue and this situation is unacceptable." Fatah called the protest after the United States used the first veto of Obama's administration to prevent a resolution that would have condemned continued Israeli settlement building. The resolution was supported by all 14 other members of the Security Council. Jordan expressed regrets over the US veto, saying it could have a negative impact on Washington's credibility. "The resolution proves that the international community sees that continued Israeli settlement building is illegal and threatens the grinding of the peace processor," Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said in a statement, urging the United States to "correct its position." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 What if you had a hissy fit and everyone else was too busy to pay any attention? I think we're finding out. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-02-21 22:37 |
| #6 we want self-determination! My new islamospeak2english software renders this as "Death to Juice!". The code may be a little buggy though, since every quote from the article comes out the same way. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-02-21 12:02 |
| #5 Kind of like riots after a Lakers game. Win or lose you know there will be some. |
| Posted by: Vortigern Grick1305 2011-02-21 09:42 |
| #4 What about Israel's sovereignty, freedom, and right to self-detemination? And we will GLADLY cut your aid!!!!Geeszh--ingrates as well as inbreds! |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2011-02-21 09:40 |
| #3 I expected seething, rage, and protests whichever way our vote went. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-02-21 08:20 |
| #2 hey Paleos: remember when you were ululating and handing out candy after 9/11/01? We do |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-02-21 08:03 |
| #1 Why does this article bring a slow smile to my face ? Why does my mind pause for a moment to savor an inner image of the tip of a heavy steel toed boot kicking real hard and solid into the base of the human head at the neck? Screaming rabbits under the porch with the cats on a dark Summer's night. Do you ever feel sorry for the Palestinians? Somebody's gotta lose. There will come a day when no one will even remember who the "Palestinians" were. They will be completely forgotten by everyone but the odd regional scholar of an esoteric history. A dusty footnote in an old "book" ( remember those?) back in the carrels in the corner of the basement with the wet wall. It will be said that there are still "Palestinian" descendants somewhere in Brazil. But only if you want to go "upriver". |
| Posted by: Dribble2716 2011-02-21 02:59 |