Why can Israel do no wrong? There's not a soul on this earth that doesn't no the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza by Israel is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. So how does a 14 to 1 vote of the U.N. Security Council equate to the power of a veto????
This story was published in the Guardian UK today....
"Palestinians are planning a "day of rage" on Friday in response to the US wielding its veto against a UN security council resolution condemning Israeli settlements.
The US decision to use its veto has sparked a furious reaction in the West Bank and Gaza.
Anti-US rallies took place in the West Bank towns of Bethlehem, Tulkarem and Jenin this weekend after the 14-1 vote on the resolution, in which the US stood alone against the rest of the security council, including Britain, Germany and France. It voted in contradiction of its own policy.
In Gaza, Hamas described the US position as outrageous and said Washington was "completely biased" towards Israel.
Ibrahim Sarsour, an Israeli-Arab member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, said it was time to tell the US president, Barack Obama, to "go to hell".
"Obama cannot be trusted," he wrote in an open letter to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas. "We knew his promises were lies. The time has come to spit in the face of the Americans."
The Egyptian foreign ministry said the US veto would "lead to more damage of the United States' credibility on the Arab side as a mediator in peace efforts".
The use of the veto for the first time under Obama will strengthen perceptions in the Arab world that for the US, protection of its ally Israel overrides its desire for a just outcome for Palestinians in the decades-old conflict."
"After the vote, the US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, told the security council that Washington agreed with "our fellow council members, and indeed with the wider world, about the folly and illegitimacy of continued Israel settlement activity"."
Do ya think?... What happened to that promise Mr. President? If you're the leader of this country, how about trying to set an example by following up on your own statement.... "The occupation of the West Bank by Israel has to stop." Was that just another one of your hollow promises? I'd say... Damn Straight it was.
You want to broker peace in the middle east? Then,... do something for someone else, other than Israel. You hummed and hawed over Egypt. Spoke out of both sides of your mouth about how "We stood behind the Egyptian people", but you couldn't find the words to say that Mubarak was an evil dictator that needed to be removed. You jumped the fence on that one, and you're trying to jump the fence, now. You can't play both sides of the game.
Eventually, you're going to have to make a choice. And, that choice is going to be either... STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.... or.... LIE DOWN WITH ISRAEL to the bitter end.
I, for one was raised to do what's right. My parents taught me to "stand up for right over wrong". It's time you did the same. No matter who the "Wrong" are. It's time for tough love, Mr. President. "Just say no".
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