By David Singer —— Bio and Archives January 22, 2019
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"We cannot support efforts by the Palestinians to enhance their status outside of direct negotiations. The United States does not recognize that there is a Palestinian state...Only U.N. member states should be entitled to speak and act on behalf of major groups of states at the United Nations.""Australia's UN Ambassador Gillian Bird asserted:
"Australia's decision to vote no on this resolution reflects our long-standing position that Palestinian attempts to seek recognition as a state in international fora are deeply unhelpful to efforts towards a two-state solution."
"Palestine and its citizens have first-hand experience of some of the most challenging and dramatic global issues at force"Regrettably the Secretary General failed to elaborate on where he believed "Palestine" is located, who he considers are its citizens, its capital, the area it controls and its current government. The Handover Ceremony included a 1 hour concert featuring live performances of Astor Piazolla's "Oblivion", a Brahms sonata for violin and piano, five works by three Egyptian composers extending over 26 minutes and just 4 minutes of "Palestinian folk songs" whose provenance was not mentioned in the program notes. One Egyptian composition - "Lessa Faker" --aptly describes the path UNGA needs to take to end this blatant "State of Palestine" fakery that flagrantly violates international law.
"...we are confident that [the Bloc] will support the Palestinians when it [sic] time comes for negotiations and the US will find out that it cannot ignore Palestine."Malki's claim is risible. America has denied the existence of any State of Palestine for the last seven decades. President Trump has closed the PLO diplomatic offices in Washington and ceased America's annual payments of $360 million to UNRWA. The PLO refuses to entertain any Trump peace proposals designed to end the Arab-Jewish conflict. President Trump's response could well see him consigning the "State of Palestine" to diplomatic oblivion to the accompanying strains of Piazolla's Oblivion --with the United Nations left lamenting at the wake that it holds for the phantom State. This is truly Theatre of the Absurd - Multilateralism gone mad. Author's note: The cartoon--commissioned exclusively for this article--is by Yaakov Kirschen aka "Dry Bones"- one of Israel's foremost political and social commentators--whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades. His cartoons can be viewed at Drybonesblog
David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com