Palestinians to proceed with UN recognition bid

AP via MSNBC ^ | 5/21/2011 | KARIN LAUB

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Senior Palestinian officials say that negotiations with Israel have become pointless after Israel's prime minister rejected President Barack Obama's call to base Mideast border talks on the pre-1967 war lines.

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...A bid to become a U.N. member requires approval not just from the General Assembly, where the Palestinians might win the needed majority, but also from the U.N. Security Council, where the U.S. might veto such a step.

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Shaath noted that Obama didn't threaten a veto.

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Palis

Now hear this.

You are not a country

You are a protection racket.

You all belong in prison.

[Tzimisce]

Of course they are: the just got Obama’s stamp of approval.