Abbas warns world leaders over Trump's recognition of Jerusalem

[umbertino]

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

[bohica]

Jerusalem was part of Israel thousands of years prior to Palestine.  There is a real question if Palestine was ever a true nation?

[Shabibilicious]

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

[bohica]

Shab....that is actually a good way to put it.    

[Shabibilicious]

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

[bohica]

Cherokee, shawnee and Powhatan.  ....next question  

[umbertino]

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

[umbertino]

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

[umbertino]

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