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Originally Posted by silent_jay
You called them 'hate filled animals', not animals.
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Either way, that's strong language for a Holocaust survivor and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, among others.
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And here's an interesting bit I read in a Globe and Mail article:
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“We may see something very rare,” said Michael Byers, Canadian Research Chair in global politics and international law at the University of British Columbia: “a Security Council resolution that condemns Israel and that the U.S. doesn’t veto.”
Unthinkable? Not any more. Just this past weekend the Obama administration voted with an international coalition of Arab and developing nations and against Israel over the issue of bringing Israel’s nuclear program under international inspection.
In the current matter of Israel’s boarding of the six ships bound for Gaza, the Security Council dealings could lead to an internationally mandated inquiry, and even to the lifting of the blockade on Gaza.
Indeed, the issue of the blockade has begun to create fissures in the international Quartet that has overseen the Israeli-Palestinian peace process for almost a decade.
Formed in 2002, the group that consists of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations has decreed that no one should deal with Hamas until it meets three conditions: the recognition of Israel’s right to exist, a renunciation of violence, and a willingness to accept past agreements the Palestinians have accepted.
On Monday, however, Catherine Ashton, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, called for “an immediate, sustained and unconditional opening of the crossing for the flow of humanitarian aid, commercial goods and persons to and from Gaza.” With such an approach, dealing with Hamas may not be far off.
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Israel's status slips as governments around world condemn raid - The Globe and Mail
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 06-01-2010 at 02:53 PM..
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