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DEATH OF ANNAPOLIS DEFINES BUSH FAILURE

-Is South Africa expected to continue funding a moribund Annapolis?

Iqbal Jassat

The imminent departure of America’s obnoxious leader from the White House, signals the end of eight disastrous years under the Bush administration. As biographers and others prepare to document a comprehensive list of the failures of George W Bush, they certainly will not be able to ignore his Middle East policies.

In fact, it is safe to assume that alongside his illegitimate wars of aggression resulting in the invasions of two sovereign states, Iraq and Afghanistan, his much vaunted desire to establish a subservient Palestinian “state” – albeit ala Bantustan – in the service of a nuclear power Israel, lies in tatters.

Secretary of State Condoleesa Rice has as much as shrugged her shoulders in frustration, following years of to and fro between Washington and Tel Aviv. In seeking to follow her boss’s blinkered views on Palestine, which amazingly included ignoring the results of a free and fair election [endorsed as such by former US President Jimmy Carter], Rice adamantly refused to recognize the legitimacy of a Hamas victory. Instead in traditional colonial style, Rice has been courting Mahmoud Abbas, the failed leader of defeated Fatah, to collaborate with Israel in order to be installed as a stooge in a so-called “independent” Palestinian state.

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Afternoon session statement of he father miguel dâ´escoto

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STATEMENT OF H.E. FATHER MIGUEL D´ESCOTOBROCKMANN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONSGENERAL ASSEMBLY,AT THE 57th PLENARY MEETING ON AGENDA ITEM 16,THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK24 NOVEMBER 2008

 Excellencies, Brothers and Sisters, 

1. I am pleased to open this plenary session in which wetake up the Question of Palestine. This morning, withheavy heart, we observed the International Day ofSolidarity with the Palestinian People. I joined theChairman of the Committee on the Exercise of theInalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, H.E.Ambassador Paul Badji, and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to voice our ongoing concern for the terriblesituation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank andexpress our solidarity with this long-suffering People.

 2. We heard the comprehensive report of the Chairmanon the current situation of Palestinians living underoccupation. As well, the Secretary- General summarizedthe complex initiatives that are being undertaken by theinternational community tomove forward peace talksand the establishment of the Palestinian state.   

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Statement of he father miguel dâ´escoto

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STATEMENT OF H.E. FATHER MIGUEL D´ESCOTO
BROCKMANN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY
OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINAN PEOPLE

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK
24 NOVEMBER 2008

Mr. Chairman,
Mr. Secretary-General,
Excellencies,
Brothers and Sisters,

1. It is with mixed emotions that I join you today to observe the
International Day of
Solidarity with the Palestinian People at this event organized by the
Committee on the
Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. As you know,
Solidarity is a
concept that is central to my work as the Assembly President. I want to
thank the Committee
for its dedicated efforts to rally our solidarity with the Palestinian
people, pursuing the
mandate entrusted to it by the General Assembly.

2. Today we recall that, 61 years ago this month, the General Assembly
adopted the historic
resolution 181, calling for the creation of a Jewish State and an Arab
State. The State of
Israel, founded a year later in 1948, now celebrates 60 years of its
existence. Shamefully,
there is still no Palestinian State to celebrate.

 

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