Palestine 2012 — Gaza and the UN resolution[1] Noam Chomsky chomsky.info, December 1, 2012 An old man in Gaza held a placard that reads: “You take my water, burn my olive trees, destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country...
RAMALLAH, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian presidency denounced on Wednesday the United States for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution that called for a ceasefire and an end to Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. In a press statement published by the official Palestinian news agency W...
The September UN Vote on Palestine: Will the EU Be Up to the Challenge? To bypass the US veto, the Palestinians plan to request recognition to the UN General Assembly, where they are sure to get the two-third majority of votes needed for the approval of the resolution. While legally non...
On Friday, the UNGA overwhelmingly adopted a resolution declaring Palestine's eligibility for a full UN membership. Adopted with 143 votes in favor, nine against, including the United States and Israel, and 25 abstentions, the resolution states that "the State of Palestine... should therefore be...
UN General Assembly Resolution 67/19: Status of Palestine in the United Nationsdoi:10.1163/22116141-01701018Ardi ImseisPalestine Yearbook of International Law Online
Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly The United Nations Relief and Work Agency for the Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) was established in 1948 as a temporary relief agency. In spite of its ...
The resolution "determines that the State of Palestine ... should therefore be admitted to membership" and it "recommends that the Security Council reconsider the matter favorably." #Palestine| “France voted in favor of the draft resolution proposed by the United Arab Emirates. This provides new...
During his statement following a vote in which the United States vetoed a draft resolution for Palestine's full membership to the UN, Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, expressed profound disappointme...
UNSC Resolution 1701 – Lebanon War on al-Qaeda: more questions than answers To Gaza I did not go By Gideon Levy | Nov.22, 2012 Excerpt: “The last time I was in Gaza was in November 2008. I reported then on an Israeli missile that hit the children of the Indira Gandhi nursery and...
On November 29, 2012, Australia abstained from the 67th UN General Assembly vote on the resolution to give Palestine observer status in the UN. This is quite unusual considering the fact that Australia has always joined the US, Israel and a handful of other nations in voting against UN reso...