The Birth of a Nation
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This week Palestinians are moving beyond the Israel- and US-dominated peace process and appealing directly to the world. They are asking the United Nations to formally recognize Palestine as an independent, sovereign state within its 1967 borders.
There is a profound symbolic significance to this move.
It was with a vote in the General Assembly in November 1947 that the state of Israel first achieved recognition through a resolution calling for mutually occupied land to be divided into two states. Israel and most of the nations of the world have long viewed that vote as the source of Israel’s legitimacy as a nation.
If the United Nations General Assembly created the state of Israel sixty years ago, it can create a Palestinian state now.
A bold stroke of poetic justice like that could breathe new life into the whole region and beyond.
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Anonymous
That’s right... close your mind, close a door, call people names... that will clear up this issue. It must be so nice to be so smug. I'm surprised you found your way to adbusters at all... I don’t think the editors are mourning the loss.
Thanks for sharing tho... you are kinda proving a point better than the writer could... your unilateral attitude speaks volumes!
Anonymous
That’s right... close your mind, close a door, call people names... that will clear up this issue. It must be so nice to be so smug. I'm surprised you found your way to adbusters at all... I don’t think the editors are mourning the loss.
Thanks for sharing tho... you are kinda proving a point better than the writer could... your unilateral attitude speaks volumes!
Anonymous
This is ignorance!!
Anonymous
This is ignorance!!
Anonymous
that was super funny... thanks for adding that bit. This is why Congress and bible thumpers really support Israel... Oh wait... you mean they are not just pro-Jew for the sake of hating Arabs?! shocking... I know
Anonymous
that was super funny... thanks for adding that bit. This is why Congress and bible thumpers really support Israel... Oh wait... you mean they are not just pro-Jew for the sake of hating Arabs?! shocking... I know
persian100
because Syrian, Chinese, Iranian, Saudia Arabian, Russian, etc., etc., are 1- not a liability to america and 2- they do not control / intimidate elected officials. Did you see how the GOP hopefully were jumping all over each other in order to show their undying love for israel. it was embarrassing to watch them. yuk,WHAT ABOUT AMERICA , GUYS !!! so thats why israel is a top topic in USA
persian100
because Syrian, Chinese, Iranian, Saudia Arabian, Russian, etc., etc., are 1- not a liability to america and 2- they do not control / intimidate elected officials. Did you see how the GOP hopefully were jumping all over each other in order to show their undying love for israel. it was embarrassing to watch them. yuk,WHAT ABOUT AMERICA , GUYS !!! so thats why israel is a top topic in USA
Anonymous
Is it wrong for these people who already have a culture, a language and a common way of life to get the rest of the world to say "hey, okay you're a nation now"? I mean wtf is wrong with this world. This is how nations worldwide came to be in the first place
Anonymous
Is it wrong for these people who already have a culture, a language and a common way of life to get the rest of the world to say "hey, okay you're a nation now"? I mean wtf is wrong with this world. This is how nations worldwide came to be in the first place
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