'Thailand recognizes Palestine as independent state

[Karee 4,191]

2012-01-20 02:58:15 GMT+7 (ICT)

GAZA CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday thanked the government of Thailand after it apparently decided to recognize Palestine as an independent state. Thai officials were unavailable for comment.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said his office received an official letter from the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations on Tuesday which stated that the Thai government has officially recognized Palestine and has initiated a process to establish diplomatic relations.

The office of al-Maliki said it established communications with the Thai government after the new government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took office in August 2011. The foreign minister added that he would continue talks with his Thai counterpart to formalize the diplomatic relations.

The Thai government did not comment on Palestine's announcement, and calls to both the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the UN and the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs were not immediately returned. If accurate, Thailand's recognition will bring the number of countries which recognize a Palestinian state to 129.

Last month, Iceland also formally recognized Palestine after its parliament voted in favor of the move.

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Here is something you should know about Palistine:

Fifty-nine percent of Palestinians believe that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad should continue their armed struggle against Israel even if Israel leaves all of the West Bank and Gaza, including East Jerusalem, and a Palestinian state is created[23]

October, 2003

26 percent of Palestinians consider the Sept. 11 attacks consistent with Islamic law.[24]

October, 2001

How do you feel towards suicide bombing operations against Israeli civilians? Do you support them, or oppose them?

Strongly support 22.4

Somewhat support 33.8

Somewhat oppose 24.3

Strongly oppose 16.4

No answer 3.1[25]

February, 2006

75% of Palestinians support the suicide bombing of the Maxim restaurant in Haifa in which 23 people were killed.[26]

October, 2003

1/3 of Palestinians effectively support the slaughter of Jewish children.

One-third of Palestinians support the attack in Itamar in March, in which an Israeli family of five [including a 3 month old baby] was murdered while 63 percent opposed it, according to a Hebrew University poll released on Wednesday.

The survey was conducted by Prof. Yaacov Shamir of the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace and the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University, and Prof. Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR).[27]

April, 2011

6 in 10 Palestinians reject 2-state solution, and 7 in 10 agree with hadith quoted in Hamas Charter about the need to kill Jews hiding behind stones and trees.

Only one in three Palestinians (34 percent) accepts two states for two peoples as the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to an intensive, face-to-face survey in Arabic of 1,010 Palestinian adults in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip completed this week by American pollster Stanley Greenberg.

The poll, which has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, was conducted in partnership with the Beit Sahour-based Palestinian Center for Public Opinion and sponsored by the Israel Project, an international nonprofit organization that provides journalists and leaders with information about the Middle East.

Respondents were asked about US President Barack Obama’s statement that “there should be two states: Palestine as the homeland for the Palestinian people and Israel as the homeland for the Jewish people.”

Just 34% said they accepted that concept, while 61% rejected it.

Sixty-six percent said the Palestinians’ real goal should be to start with a two-state solution but then move to it all being one Palestinian state.

Asked about the fate of Jerusalem, 92% said it should be the capital of Palestine, 1% said the capital of Israel, 3% the capital of both, and 4% a neutral international city.

Seventy-two percent backed denying the thousands of years of Jewish history in Jerusalem, 62% supported kidnapping IDF soldiers and holding them hostage, and 53% were in favor or teaching songs about hating Jews in Palestinian schools.

When given a quote from the Hamas Charter about the need for battalions from the Arab and Islamic world to defeat the Jews, 80% agreed. Seventy-three percent agreed with a quote from the charter (and a hadith, or tradition ascribed to the prophet Muhammad) about the need to kill Jews hiding behind stones and trees.

But only 45% said they believed in the charter’s statement that the only solution to the Palestinian problem was jihad.

The survey’s more positive findings included that only 22% supported firing rockets at Israeli cities and citizens and that two-thirds preferred diplomatic engagement over violent “resistance.”

Among Palestinians in general 65% preferred talks and 20% violence. In the West Bank it was 69-28%, and in Gaza, 59- 32%.[28]

July, 2011

Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters, waving the militant movement's green flags and honking car horns in celebration, marked the 24th anniversary of the founding of Gaza's ruling group, Wednesday.

. . .

Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades boasted killing 1,365 Israelis since it was founded, as well as injuring over 6,411 Israelis in various terror attacks.

According to the group's military wing, over 11,000 rockets were fired at Israel and it has so far executed 1,117 terror attacks.

The number of fatalities among Hamas terror operatives stands at 1,848.[29]

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Here is something you should know about Palistine:

Fifty-nine percent of Palestinians believe that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad should continue their armed struggle against Israel even if Israel leaves all of the West Bank and Gaza, including East Jerusalem, and a Palestinian state is created[23]

October, 2003

26 percent of Palestinians consider the Sept. 11 attacks consistent with Islamic law.[24]

October, 2001

How do you feel towards suicide bombing operations against Israeli civilians? Do you support them, or oppose them?

Strongly support 22.4

Somewhat support 33.8

Somewhat oppose 24.3

Strongly oppose 16.4

No answer 3.1[25]

February, 2006

75% of Palestinians support the suicide bombing of the Maxim restaurant in Haifa in which 23 people were killed.[26]

October, 2003

1/3 of Palestinians effectively support the slaughter of Jewish children.

One-third of Palestinians support the attack in Itamar in March, in which an Israeli family of five [including a 3 month old baby] was murdered while 63 percent opposed it, according to a Hebrew University poll released on Wednesday.

The survey was conducted by Prof. Yaacov Shamir of the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace and the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University, and Prof. Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR).[27]

April, 2011

6 in 10 Palestinians reject 2-state solution, and 7 in 10 agree with hadith quoted in Hamas Charter about the need to kill Jews hiding behind stones and trees.

Only one in three Palestinians (34 percent) accepts two states for two peoples as the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to an intensive, face-to-face survey in Arabic of 1,010 Palestinian adults in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip completed this week by American pollster Stanley Greenberg.

The poll, which has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, was conducted in partnership with the Beit Sahour-based Palestinian Center for Public Opinion and sponsored by the Israel Project, an international nonprofit organization that provides journalists and leaders with information about the Middle East.

Respondents were asked about US President Barack Obama's statement that "there should be two states: Palestine as the homeland for the Palestinian people and Israel as the homeland for the Jewish people."

Just 34% said they accepted that concept, while 61% rejected it.

Sixty-six percent said the Palestinians' real goal should be to start with a two-state solution but then move to it all being one Palestinian state.

Asked about the fate of Jerusalem, 92% said it should be the capital of Palestine, 1% said the capital of Israel, 3% the capital of both, and 4% a neutral international city.

Seventy-two percent backed denying the thousands of years of Jewish history in Jerusalem, 62% supported kidnapping IDF soldiers and holding them hostage, and 53% were in favor or teaching songs about hating Jews in Palestinian schools.

When given a quote from the Hamas Charter about the need for battalions from the Arab and Islamic world to defeat the Jews, 80% agreed. Seventy-three percent agreed with a quote from the charter (and a hadith, or tradition ascribed to the prophet Muhammad) about the need to kill Jews hiding behind stones and trees.

But only 45% said they believed in the charter's statement that the only solution to the Palestinian problem was jihad.

The survey's more positive findings included that only 22% supported firing rockets at Israeli cities and citizens and that two-thirds preferred diplomatic engagement over violent "resistance."

Among Palestinians in general 65% preferred talks and 20% violence. In the West Bank it was 69-28%, and in Gaza, 59- 32%.[28]

July, 2011

Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters, waving the militant movement's green flags and honking car horns in celebration, marked the 24th anniversary of the founding of Gaza's ruling group, Wednesday.

. . .

Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades boasted killing 1,365 Israelis since it was founded, as well as injuring over 6,411 Israelis in various terror attacks.

According to the group's military wing, over 11,000 rockets were fired at Israel and it has so far executed 1,117 terror attacks.

The number of fatalities among Hamas terror operatives stands at 1,848.[29]

Small potatoes compared to the terrorism that Israel commits against peaceful Palestinians. The forced exodus of a people from their ancestral lands is a crime against humanity and is ongoing.

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peaceful :rofl: :rofl:

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Small potatoes compared to the terrorism that Israel commits against peaceful Palestinians. The forced exodus of a people from their ancestral lands is a crime against humanity and is ongoing.

Israel is doing nothing more than bringing that neck of the woods into the 21st century. So it's not so much of a "forced exodus" as it is a "modernization process of local habitat".

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Israel is doing nothing more than bringing that neck of the woods into the 21st century. So it's not so much of a "forced exodus" as it is a "modernization process of local habitat".

The funny thing is that you know so little about the ME that you imagine that it needs Israel to be modern. It doesn't.

[Karee 4,191]

Israel is doing nothing more than bringing that neck of the woods into the 21st century. So it's not so much of a "forced exodus" as it is a "modernization process of local habitat".

Too bad they don't have that policy with the native folk in Alaska.

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[Karee 4,191]

Talk about a thread going off the rails. I posted something about Thailand recognizing Palestine. Hell I even joined in.

I think the only person that got it was WOM.

peaceful :rofl: :rofl:

I think your time would be better spent on J date. After that learn English. Then come back.

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[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Too bad they don't have that policy with the native folk in Alaska.

It would save the US tax payers billions of dollars if they did.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Palestinian statehood recognized by more than 100 countries

Agence France-Presse Dec 15, 2011 – 10:39 AM ET

PARIS — At least 112 countries around the world have formally recognized Palestine as a state, stretching from Africa to Asia, Europe to Latin America.

In Latin America, Uruguay and Peru joined the growing ranks of countries which recognized Palestine this year, with 12 out of the region’s 13 countries formally recognizing it as a state.

Only Colombia, a key ally of the United States in the region, has not followed that path.

In Central America, the Palestinian state has been recognized by Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.

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Arab countries have also recognized Palestine, including Syria in July of this year.

In Europe, Iceland has become the latest country to recognize Palestine, joining the Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta and Poland.

Around 150 countries maintain diplomatic relations with the Palestinians in one form or another.

Palestine currently has “observer” status at the United Nations, but in September, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas formally asked the United Nations for full state membership.

In October, Palestine was granted full membership at the UN cultural organization, UNESCO, in a diplomatic victory won despite stiff resistance from the United States and Israel.

Earlier this week, Abbas urged the European Union to support their UN membership bid after the Palestinian flag was raised over the UNESCO’s headquarters for the first time.

Figures published by the Palestine Liberation Organisation indicate that 130 countries have recognized Palestine.

Icelandic foreign minister Oessur Skarphedinsson, at a ceremony in Reykjavik with Palestinian counterpart Riad Malki, addressed Malki directly: “This is the day I formally submit to you the declaration of Palestine independence in accordance with the will of the Icelandic parliament.”

Malki hailed the decision.

“It’s significant because [iceland] belongs to Europe and it’s very important that this might create a very positive atmosphere for others to follow suit,” he told AFP.

The two also announced the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Nordic island nation and the Palestinians.

“There will be an ambassador from Iceland that will present his credentials to the Palestinians, a non-resident, and … we are contemplating the possibility of appointing an honorary consul, an Icelander, here for the time being,” Malki said.

Thursday’s ceremony at the Reykjavik Culture House follows two years of preparations and a vote in the Icelandic parliament, or Allthingi, on November 29 in favour of recognizing the Palestinian state on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war.

It also comes two days after the Palestinian flag was raised for the first time above a United Nations agency, flying over the UNESCO headquarters in Paris as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attended a ceremony marking his people’s historic admission to the education, science and culture body.

Admission to UNESCO has however had no impact on the Palestinians’ bid for full UN membership. They would need nine votes out of 15 in the Security Council, but the United States has made clear that it would veto the bid if needed.

“It was quite important for them at this point in time,” Skarphedinsson told AFP.

“They have had setbacks in the Security Council and that is why we thought it would be right not to wait, but to go ahead now and I hope it will put some wind in their sails,” he added, pointing out that “it is very symbolic for them that a Western European nation, which is also in NATO, should at this moment step forward and recognise the sovereignty of Palestine.”

“The timing was perfect,” Malki agreed, pointing out that “it comes after a dry season” in terms of new recognitions of the Palestinian state.

More than 100 countries around the world have recognised the Palestinian state.

Within the European Union, of which Iceland is not yet a member, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Malta have officially recognised Palestine.

Asked whether the latest recognition could help move the Middle East peace process forward, Malki said: “I hope so.”

While stressing that “for the time being there is no peace process,” the Palestinian foreign minister said he hoped the recognition would help put pressure on Israel to “rethink again how to approach the peace process in a very positive manner this time.”

Skarphedinsson meanwhile said he was sure Iceland’s decision carried weight.

“I noted that Iceland’s vote and Iceland’s determination on Palestine’s admittance to UNESCO mattered in a few places, so I’d like to hope that this will help,” he told AFP.

With files from Haukur Holm

[Karee 4,191]

It would save the US tax payers billions of dollars if they did.

Come on? Why is this sh$t going on?

http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-report/archive/who-gets-us-foreign-aid.html

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Come on? Why is this sh$t going on?

http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-report/archive/who-gets-us-foreign-aid.html

AIPAC.

[Karee 4,191]

AIPAC.

Yep. Pretty unfortunate.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Yep. Pretty unfortunate.

The largest population of Jews in the world is in the United States. Perhaps the US could find them a homeland here. Better weather, friendly neighbors...

The worldwide Jewish population is 13.3 million Jews. Jewish population growth worldwide is close to zero percent. From 2000 to 2001 it rose 0.3%, compared to worldwide population growth of 1.4%.

In 2001, 8.3 million Jews lived in the Diaspora and 4.9 million lived in Israel. Just about half of the world’s Jews reside in the Americas, with about 46 percent in North America.

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/world-jewish-population.htm

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