umbertino Posted December 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Palestinians no longer accept US as mediator, Abbas tells summit Palestinian president demands UN takes charge of peace process after Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem Wednesday 13 December 2017 11.59 GMT Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech during an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/13/recep-tayyip-erdogan-unite-muslim-world-trump-east-jerusalem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohica Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Jerusalem was part of Israel thousands of years prior to Palestine. There is a real question if Palestine was ever a true nation? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabibilicious Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, bohica said: Jerusalem was part of Israel thousands of years prior to Palestine. There is a real question if Palestine was ever a true nation? So in essence, Israelis are the American Indians of the Middle East......for they had the land first. GO RV, then BV Edited December 13, 2017 by Shabibilicious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohica Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Shab....that is actually a good way to put it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabibilicious Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 19 minutes ago, bohica said: Shab....that is actually a good way to put it. Unless your an American Indian forced from your land by European invaders. GO RV, then BV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohica Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Cherokee, shawnee and Powhatan. ....next question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Mike Pence's Holy Land visit in disarray after Jerusalem recognition Tour was intended to draw attention to plight of Christians in Middle East, but many are now refusing to meet him Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem Friday 15 December 2017 13.00 GMT The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem where Pence was to have met spiritual heads of different Christian traditions Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/15/mike-pence-holy-land-visit-disarray-jerusalem-recognition 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Turkey hopes to open embassy in East Jerusalem, says Erdoğan Turkish president announces intention days after leading calls for city to be recognised as capital of a Palestinian state Reuters Sunday 17 December 2017 15.32 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/17/turkey-hopes-open-embassy-east-jerusalem-erdogan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 US outnumbered 14 to 1 as it vetoes UN vote on status of Jerusalem Nikki Haley furious over resolution, describing it as an insult and saying US won’t be told where it can put its embassy Vid in link https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/us-outnumbered-14-to-1-as-it-vetoes-un-vote-on-status-of-jerusalem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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