Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 12/19/2010 11:10:04 AM PST by Nachum
Chief PLO negotiator says Palestinian missions abroad are a step closer toward becoming embassies of an "occupied state with defined borders."
Some 10 EU countries are scheduled to upgrade the status of Palestinian representative offices in their capitals in the near future, Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat declared on Sunday.
The move means that Palestinian missions would move a step closer toward becoming embassies whose workers enjoy full diplomatic immunity.
Erekat said that the move follows Norway’s recent decision to upgrade the status of the Palestinian representative office. Moreover, the move comes in wake of three South American countries to recognize a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, he added.
A PA official told The Jerusalem Post that the decision to seek international recognition of a Palestinian state was designed to shift the conflict from one over “occupied Palestinian territories” to one over an “occupied state with defined borders.”
The official said that while the Palestinians did not expect the recognition to end Israeli “occupation,” it would increase international support for the Palestinians and their cause.
Erekat said that the Palestinian position has earned the support of a majority in the international community.
Erekat did not say which EU countries were expected to upgrade the status of the Palestinian representative missions. Earlier this week, the PA said it has appealed to several EU countries separately to recognize a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders.
The PLO negotiator said that Norway’s decision to upgrade the status of the Palestinian office to an embassy level had “embarrassed and worried” the Israeli government. “The Israelis are afraid that the issue of recognition of a Palestinian state would enter the EU,” he said. “We urge the international community to salvage the two-state solution by recognizing a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders.”
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I guess since Palestinians without a State (since they turned it down in 1948) get full diplomatic privileges ...
next will be Al Qaeda and other non-state entities.
God will strike these eu nations down.
The biggest mistake Israel made was not annexing the West Bank to be a part of Israel after the 1967 war. They gave back the Sinai to Egypt and they should also have given back Gaza as well but who in Egypt would want that can of troublemakers.
The Countdown to the use of Diplomatic Immunity as a cover for terrorism has begun.
Ten Euro countries... hmmmm? Why does that sound familiar?
Mark o’ the Beast
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