UN Vote for Palestinian State is symbolic but necessary.
Posted by Roger Godsiff, MP for Birmingham, Hall Green, at 10:38, Sat 8 December 2012:
Welcoming the decision by the UN General Assembly to give ‘non-member state’ status to Palestine within the UN Roger said “The overwhelming support for recognising a Palestinian state by the General Assembly is to be very much welcomed. Although this vote will not change anything on the ground in the Middle East it is symbolic because when the UN took its historic decision to create the State of Israel it also proposed that a separate Palestinian state should be established. This was originally rejected by the Palestinians and other Arab countries but the vote, in response to the call by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian authority, re-emphasises the desire of the world community including the Palestinian and Arab states to seek a permanent two-state solution.”
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Posted by Tahir Mahmood, 14:09, Sun 9 December 2012: (Is this post abusive?) #
The UN has no power and a useless institution in my opinion, what has it done when on the whole Israel has broken international law again and again and continues to do so, recently announcing more and more building program on occupied land, and then has the cheek to talk about peace. If someone came to my house and started to dictate things I would be slightly miffed as well.
The same goes on the palestinian side, but I understand their situation I would fight back if I was a second class citizen in my home.
Good luck Mr Godsiff, blessed are the peace makers!