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Post by Daniel on May 15, 2015 9:08:27 GMT -5
136 Nations Recognize A Palestinian State – Only Obama Stands In The Way Of Full Global Recognition
By Michael Snyder, on May 13th, 2015
Will a UN Security Council resolution formally recognizing the establishment of a Palestinian state be passed by the end of 2015? Now that the Vatican has formally recognized a Palestinian state, there is a tremendous amount of international momentum for precisely such a UN Security Council resolution. In fact, France plans to push really hard for one by the end of this year. At this point, the only thing that could derail those plans is Barack Obama. For years, the threat of a Security Council veto has been the one thing stopping a resolution from moving forward. But now that Benjamin Netanyahu has been re-elected and has put together a cabinet that does not seem inclined to negotiate with the Palestinians, the Obama administration is pledging to “reevaluate our approach” and says that it will not “prejudge” what it will do if a vote comes up at the United Nations. And as you will see below, one news source is now reporting that behind the scenes Barack Obama has already given the “green light” for France to go ahead with a resolution on a Palestinian state at the UN. If this is truly what Obama plans to do, it will absolutely shatter U.S. relations with Israel and plunge the entire Middle East into chaos.
Most Americans don’t realize this, but 136 countries already formally recognize a Palestinian state. Those 136 nations have a combined population of more than 5.5 billion people.
As of this moment, the major holdouts are the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and most of Europe. But most of the European nations have already indicated that they are ready to recognize a Palestinian state if the United States will. In fact, as I mentioned above, France plans to lead the push for a Palestinian state at the UN Security Council.
The “State of Palestine” already has “non-member observer” status at the UN, but obviously they are not satisfied with that. They have been very eager for formal recognition by the UN, and now that the Vatican has given them formal recognition that has really bolstered their cause.
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endoftheamericandream.com/archives/136-nations-recognize-a-palestinian-state-only-obama-stands-in-the-way-of-full-global-recognition
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Post by Daniel on May 15, 2015 9:11:31 GMT -5
Vatican to Recognize Palestinian State in New Treaty
By JODI RUDOREN and DIAA HADID
MAY 13, 2015
JERUSALEM — The Vatican announced Wednesday that it would soon sign a treaty that includes recognition of the “state of Palestine,” lending significant symbolic weight to an intensifying Palestinian push for international support for sovereignty that bypasses the paralyzed negotiations with Israel.
Palestinian leaders celebrated the Holy See’s endorsement as particularly important, given the international stature of Pope Francis. For Israelis, it was an emotional blow, since Francis has deep relationships with Jews dating back decades, and Christians are critical backers of their enterprise.
“The Vatican is not just a state. The Vatican represents hundreds of millions of Christians worldwide, including Palestinians, and has vast moral significance,” said Husam Zomlot, a senior Palestinian foreign-affairs official.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it was “disappointed” by the Vatican’s decision, and that the recognition would “not advance the peace process.” That echoed similar statements after a wave of European Parliamentary resolutions on Palestinian statehood last fall, but some Israeli analysts said the Vatican’s step hurt more.
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www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/world/middleeast/vatican-to-recognize-palestinian-state-in-new-treaty.html?_r=2
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Post by Daniel on May 15, 2015 11:48:27 GMT -5
Vatican Facilitates Russia’s Designs on the Middle East
Cliff Kincaid — May 15, 2015
Pope Francis has formally recognized a Palestinian state, even though it does not exist. While the media have noted that the Vatican’s curious action has created some controversy, there has been little discussion of whether “Palestinians” actually do exist, where the modern-day concept of a “State of Palestine” came from, and which major power benefits from the creation of a nation under the control of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the Middle East.
American-Israeli political commentator and journalist Sha’i ben-Tekoa told Accuracy in Media, “Starting with Chapter 2:1 of the Pope’s own Holy Writ, Christian Scripture refers to Judea 42 times, Samaria 11 times, never to ‘Palestine,’ ‘Palestinians’ or the ‘West Bank.’ The Arabs in Judea and Samaria meet not one of the international legal requirements for statehood.”
He is referring to Matthew 2:1, which refers to Jesus being born in Bethlehem in Judea.
Many commentators, with little or no access to major U.S. media, argue with justification that the Arabs in Judea and Samaria are squatters, with no legal right to even be there.
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www.aim.org/aim-column/vatican-facilitates-russias-designs-on-the-middle-east/
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Post by Daniel on May 16, 2015 8:47:53 GMT -5
The Vatican Will Not Protect Christians By Recognizing ‘Palestine’
by Abraham H. Miller
May 15, 2015
When it comes to Israel, the Vatican sometimes cannot seem to get it right. And the announcement on Wednesday that it had concluded a treaty to recognize Palestinian statehood is yet another indication that the Vatican might want to follow Jesus’ admonition to give unto God what is his, and leave unto Caesar the affairs of men.
Although the recognition is largely going to be symbolic, it serves as a powerful reward for Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president whose term expired six-years ago, to continue to sabotage any meaningful peace talks with Israel and to showcase terrorists as role models to entice future generations of young Palestinians to blow themselves up amid crowds of innocents.
The action will not cause the creation of a Palestinian state, but it will send a strong message to Israel that it is being isolated diplomatically.
To observers of what has happened to Christians in the areas controlled by the Palestinians, the agreement is a desperate attempt to protect the Christians living under the Palestinian Authority at a time when a wave of fundamentalist Islam that is sweeping the region is creating a Christian genocide, which the world is as interested in stopping as it was the Holocaust. If so, the Vatican is going to learn an unfortunate lesson about what Muslim agreements with the infidel mean.
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www.algemeiner.com/2015/05/15/the-vatican-will-not-protect-christians-by-recognizing-palestine/
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Post by sevenofnine on May 16, 2015 19:13:25 GMT -5
Of course to Pope Frankie they are not people in Middle east he all worry about poor Palensteins which if you really think about it they are Jordan or Egypt descended right
So that mean Pope Frank might be Euro dude not even Argentinae
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Post by Daniel on May 17, 2015 7:17:24 GMT -5
Pope calls Abbas ‘angel of peace’ during Vatican visit
By AFP and AP May 16, 2015
Pope Francis praised Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as an “angel of peace” during a meeting at the Vatican.
Francis made the compliment Saturday during the traditional exchange of gifts at the end of an official audience in the Apostolic Palace. He presented Abbas with a medallion and explained that it represented the angel of peace “destroying the bad spirit of war.”
Francis said he thought the gift was appropriate since “you are an angel of peace.”
Abbas is in town for the canonization Sunday of two new saints from what was then Ottoman-ruled Palestine. It also comes days after the Vatican finalized a bilateral treaty with the “state of Palestine,” making explicit its recognition of Palestinian statehood.
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www.timesofisrael.com/after-recognizing-palestine-pope-meets-abbas-in-vatican/
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Post by sevenofnine on May 17, 2015 12:53:45 GMT -5
I am so glad I am not catholic anymore
This Pope is giving me a headache
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Post by Daniel on May 18, 2015 8:45:01 GMT -5
Did the pope call Abbas an ‘angel of peace’? Depends who you ask
By Raphael Ahren May 18, 2015
Did the pope call Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas an “angel of peace”? Did he, less dramatically, express the hope that the PA leader would become an angel of peace? Or did Francis say something else when he presented Abbas, at their Vatican meeting on Saturday, with a medallion representing an angel of peace destroying the evil spirit of war?
Two days later, despite unequivocal reporting by three of the world’s most prominent news agencies that the pope called Abbas an “angel of peace,” and despite Italian newspaper La Stampa’s equally unequivocal report that Francis merely expressed the hope that Abbas would become such an angel, the Vatican’s own website and news agency have not specified. And this could well be because the Vatican is not sure itself.
The Vatican’s chief spokesperson, Father Federico Lombardi, who was present when the pope hosted Abbas in the Apostolic Palace’s papal apartment, told The Times of Israel that he “did not hear the exact words spoken.” This, Lombardi elaborated, was “because they were said in a very colloquial manner between the pope and the Palestinian president, who were in close proximity to one another.”
Still, Lombardi’s description of papal intent seemed to point away from the “Abbas is an angel,” and more toward the “hopefully Abbas will be an angel” explanation.
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www.timesofisrael.com/did-the-pope-call-abbas-an-angel-of-peace-depends-who-you-ask/
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Post by sevenofnine on May 18, 2015 11:20:10 GMT -5
Yeah it depend on which news wire you surf Daniel Al Jazeera English did something Pope did call him Angel of peace BBC saying you full of it CNN And MSNBC would say anything
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