Only because the people who lived there were Muslims -- who can't get along with anybody other than Muslims.
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Posted on 05/18/2008 3:37:01 PM PDT by forkinsocket
World body's spokeswoman says Ki-moon phoned Abbas to stress his support for Palestinians on day marking 'catastrophe' of Israel's inception; Israel demands retraction
WASHINGTON - Israel is demanding that the UN strike the word 'Nakba' from its lexicon, this after the world body's spokeswoman uttered it, apparently by mistake, in a press briefing she held Thursday night.
'Nakba', or 'catastrophe', refers to the refugee flight of Palestinian Arabs that followed Israel's inception in 1948.
The spokeswoman told reporters that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "phoned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stress his support for the Palestinian people on Nakba Day".
An Israeli reporter present at the briefing asked the spokeswoman whether Ki-moon also congratulated Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on the Jewish State's 60th anniversary. She said the UN chief spoke with Olmert a week ago.
Ki-moon himself was also surprised by the controversy created by his gesture, as he was not aware that the use of the term was unacceptable to Israel and is a part of the Palestinian propaganda against it.
Ki-moon supportive of Israel Israel is demanding that the UN issue a statement to rectify the blunder and remove the word 'Nakba' from its lexicon.
The UN said the word had not been used by any of the world body's institutions or officials before, and it is estimated that it was purposely 'planted' by someone into the spokeswoman's text.
Ki-Moon has been supportive of Israel since taking office in 2006, but has recently been pressed by the Arab world to adopt a more balanced approach.
Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday afternoon in her speech at the president's conference in Jerusalem that "with the establishment of a Palestinian state, we wish to see the end of the conflict. The Palestinians will be able to celebrate their independence if on that same day they also strike the word 'Nakba' from their lexicon."
Amazing. Morons at the UN don’t understand the duplicity. “Nakba” is the exact opposite of “Israeli independece” and you cannot be supportive of both. The UN is under an obligation to defend its member - Israel. The Palestinians do not have a state and are not members of the UN. Israel is correct in insisting that the UN strike “nakba” from its vocabulary since supporting “nakba day” is essentially the same as saying “the creation of Israel was a catastrophe”... which the UN cannot do to a member state.
Mark
But it was a catastrophe for the people who were already living there when the Europeans moved in.
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Actually, no. Eur0peans came in and dominated the residents, with help from the USSR and USA. Say what you want, but the Palestinians are paying for the Germans’ sins.
The Jews didn’t move there because of Germans. Returning to Israel started long before that. That’s some pathetic crap that Jews like to say because they are ashamed to say they have conquered a land & made it theirs. Nothing to be ashamed of, most normal thing in the world. In any case, most Israelis are not Europeans.
Israel and the USA need to leave the UN yesterday and the US needs to kick the UN out of the USA, raze the UN buildings and replace them with something useful, like a parking garage.
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