UPDATE~RESOLUTION PASSES more

It just carried at the UN. Votes are below. If anyone is interested in what Israel said today read it here I wrote his speech down word for word, and what the US said here

25 Yes
6 No
11 Abstain

by country:

YES:
Argentina,Bahrain,Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia

NO:
Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Ukraine, USA

ABSTAIN:
Belgium, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Cameroon, Gabon,Japan, Mexico, Rep of Korea, Slovenia, Norway, Uruguay

note that France, UK, Angola, Kyrgyzstan, and Madagascar did not vote

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

UPDATE #3 UN VOTE ON GOLDSTONE

US Representative has spoken, or should I say the US/Israeli Representative hs spoken. The US states "we are disappointed" and he goes on to say: The US is against the reports recommendations to the UN Security council and possible referral to the ICC (International Criminal Court) for alleged war crimes.

And then this, word for word:

"Israel is a democracy, with strong independent institutions, capable of addressing allegations through credible domestic processes, and we encouraged Israel to use these Institutions."

so like I said, I believe that in order to keep this from reaching the Security Council or the ICC, Israel will ultimately announce it will carry out its "own" investigation, where it can control the entire thing in secrecy. A few will get a hand slap for the public to see, and we are supposd to be satisfied with this. And then Israel and the US will say Israel has cooperated and investigated the allegations. End of story........


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UPDATE #1: Goldstone UN Discussions

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UPDATE #1
Press TV this morning had some live coverage of the Goldstone discussion from the UN which I watched intently. This is from their website:

Supporting the recommendations of the report, the UN

High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said that both Israeli and Palestinian leaders should launch independent investigations of alleged war crimes in Gaza to help rebuild trust and support peace. (note that I believe this will untimately be what Israel decides to do, in order to avoid the ICC or other court procedings in the world. This way they have control over the investigation. It will be another "nothing" investigation where only one or two are mildly "punished") She told the 47-member body that impartial and prompt investigations into reported violations should be conducted. She said that although international law is being violated in the occupied territories, the transgressors were being left unpunished. Israel has also limited access of Palestinians to their properties and holy sites and that Israel must stop excavation work around the Al-Aqsa Mosque as well as other Christian and Islamic holy sites, Pillay cited.

Additionally I was able to watch human rights group, after human rights group asking the members to vote to support International Law and the report. As each one spoke the overall theme was the same, International Law must be upheld, Israel must not be allowed to continue as it has, unchecked and above the Law.

The vote count should carry a majority of members for support of the report today. I note that the US will vote AGAINST the report, and I say again, when will Americans wake up and “get it” that your Government is creating Anti-American sentiment worldwide because you help war criminals pervert the course of Justice. At least Britain’s Gordon Brown will “abstain” from voting for or against today, and this was not easy feat given the Netanyahu has been banging him over the head to vote “against” the report like the US will. Never thought I’d say this, but at least Britain has more balls than America, willing to stand up to “some degree” to Israel by abstaining, whilst America just does what it’s told. I wonder how Americans feel not being in control of their own country and having to do what ever Israel tells you to do all the time. America is a captive Nation, and American foreign Policy is run by Israel. If this continues America will soon become exactly like Israel. Americans will live inside a giant self made prison, like Israel. Simply because the world will hate America so much. This is what Israel wants, they want Americans to be hated as much as they are hated, then America and Israel can be the two pariah countries, when Americans travel they will not be welcomed as they travel the world, and America's claim of “democracy” will be laughed at by the world’s population, except of course Israel, your only friend left. This is America’s future, get ready, its coming.