16 October 2009

UPDATE#4 GOLDSTONE VOTE

I can see how this is going down now, so far 8 members have voted, see if you notice a "theme" here:

1. US=NO supports Israel
2. CHILE=??not sure on this one, they say they are in favour but earlier it was reported they were not voting yes.
3. SLOVENIA=ABSTAIN after waffling about
4. BRAZIL=YES supportive of report and of a viable Palestinian state! Go Brazil!
5. URUGUAY=ABSTAIN after waffling about "not enough time for analysis of report"
6. ARGENTINA=YES=Agrees with report
7. NORWAY=ABSTAIN "not enough time for analysis of report"
8 MEXICO=ABSTAIN "not enough time for analysis of report"

I'll keep adding member countries to http://irish4palestine.blogspot.com as they come in, so check back but I see a theme, the members are attempting to sound sympathetic to the Palestinians, but are using the excuse "not enough time for analysis of report"
to abstain, or in other words, sit on the fence and not stand up to US/Israel

more soon