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To: Eleutheria5
Hope I live to see this atrocity thrown into the East River.


28 posted on 12/27/2016 4:48:51 AM PST by Daffynition ( "The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder")
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To: Daffynition

It’s not just the UN that is bad:(per Wiki)

Reactions by Security Council states to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334

France and Venezuela: Ambassadors from France and Venezuela called the resolution’s passage historic.[28] No Security Council resolution had addressed the issue of Israeli settlements since 1980.[6]

Malaysia: Prime Minister Najib Razak described the vote as “a victory to the people of Palestine”.[29]

New Zealand: Foreign Minister Murray McCully stated that “We have been very open about our view that the [UN Security Council] should be doing more to support the Middle East peace process and the position we adopted today is totally in line with our long established policy on the Palestinian question” and that “the vote today should not come as a surprise to anyone and we look forward to continuing to engage constructively with all parties on this issue”.[30][31]

United States: United States Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States could not “stand in the way of a resolution at the United Nations that makes clear that both sides must act now to preserve the possibility of peace” and said the resolution “rightly condemns violence and incitement and settlement activity.”[32] A White House spokesman said the resolution “expresses the consensus international view on Israeli settlement activity.”[33]
Reactions by other states

Belgium: Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders welcomed the resolution, stating that “Belgium fully shares the position of the international community expressed in this resolution” and that “the settlement policy of the territories occupied by Israel is illegal, and its continuation seriously jeopardizes the possibility of a two-state solution.”[34]

Germany: Foreign Minister and Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomed the resolution and said it confirms what has long been the position of the German government, stating that the Israeli settlement of occupied territory is an obstacle to peace and a two-state solution.[35]

Norway: Foreign Minister Børge Brende welcomed the resolution and said it must be the basis for a solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He said that “it is important that Israel complies with it, because the settlements are in violation of international law”.[36]

Sweden: Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Margot Wallström welcomed the resolution and said it confirms the position of both the EU and Sweden on the continued Israeli settlement of the occupied West Bank.[37]


29 posted on 12/27/2016 4:57:52 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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