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"Full Text: Abbas speech to UN – This is why we are here today

By Haitham Sabbah on 11/30/2012

New York

Nov. 29, 2012

Mr. President of the General Assembly,

Your Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Palestine comes today to the United Nations General Assembly at a time when it is still tending to its wounds and still burying its beloved martyrs of children, women and men who have fallen victim to the latest Israeli aggression, still searching for remnants of life amid the ruins of homes destroyed by Israeli bombs on the Gaza Strip, wiping out entire families, their men, women and children murdered along with their dreams, their hopes, their future and their longing to live an ordinary life and to live in freedom and peace.

Palestine comes today to the General Assembly because it believes in peace and because its people, as proven in past days, are in desperate need of it.

Palestine comes today to this prestigious international forum, representative and protector of international legitimacy, reaffirming our conviction that the international community now stands before the last chance to save the two-State solution.

Palestine comes to you today at a defining moment regionally and internationally, in order to reaffirm its presence and to try to protect the possibilities and the foundations of a just peace that is deeply hoped for in our region.

Mr. President,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Israeli aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip has confirmed once again the urgent and pressing need to end the Israeli occupation and for our people to gain their freedom and independence. This aggression also confirms the Israeli Government’s adherence to the policy of occupation, brute force and war, which in turn obliges the international community to shoulder its responsibilities towards the Palestinian people and towards peace.

This is why we are here today.

I say with great pain and sorrow … there was certainly no one in the world that required that tens of Palestinian children lose their lives in order to reaffirm the above-mentioned facts. There was no need for thousands of deadly raids and tons of explosives for the world to be reminded that there is an occupation that must come to an end and that there are a people that must be liberated. And, there was no need for a new, devastating war in order for us to be aware of the absence of peace.

This is why we are here today.

Mr. President,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Palestinian people, who miraculously recovered from the ashes of Al-Nakba of 1948, which was intended to extinguish their being and to expel them in order to uproot and erase their presence, which was rooted in the depths of their land and depths of history. In those dark days, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were torn from their homes and displaced within and outside of their homeland, thrown from their beautiful, embracing, prosperous country to refugee camps in one of the most dreadful campaigns of ethnic cleansing and dispossession in modern history. In those dark days, our people had looked to the United Nations as a beacon of hope and appealed for ending the injustice and for achieving justice and peace, the realization of our rights, and our people still believe in this and continue to wait.

This is why we are here today.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

In the course of our long national struggle, our people have always strived to ensure harmony and conformity between the goals and means of their struggle and international law and spirit of the era in accordance with prevailing realities and changes. And, our people always have strived not to lose their humanity, their highest, deeply-held moral values and their innovative abilities for survival, steadfastness, creativity and hope, despite the horrors that befell them and continue to befall them today as a consequence of Al-Nakba and its horrors.

Despite the enormity and weight of this task, the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole, legitimate representative of the Palestinian people and the constant leader of their revolution and struggle, has consistently strived to achieve this harmony and conformity.

When the Palestine National Council decided in 1988 to pursue the Palestinian peace initiative and adopted the Declaration of Independence, which was based on resolution 181 (II) (29 November 1947), adopted by your august body, it was in fact undertaking, under the leadership of the late President Yasser Arafat, a historic, difficult and courageous decision that defined the requirements for a historic reconciliation that would turn the page on war, aggression and occupation.

This was not an easy matter. Yet, we had the courage and sense of high responsibility to make the right decision to protect the higher national interests of our people and to confirm our adherence to international legitimacy, and it was a decision which in that same year was welcomed, supported and blessed by this high body that is meeting today.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We have heard and you too have heard specifically over the past months the incessant flood of Israeli threats in response to our peaceful, political and diplomatic endeavor for Palestine to acquire non-member observer status in the United Nations. And, you have surely witnessed how some of these threats have been carried out in a barbaric and horrific manner, just days ago in the Gaza Strip.

We have not heard one word from any Israeli official expressing any sincere concern to save the peace process. On the contrary, our people have witnessed, and continue to witness, an unprecedented intensification of military assaults, the blockade, settlement activities and ethnic cleansing, particularly in Occupied East Jerusalem, and mass arrests, attacks by settlers and other practices by which this Israeli occupation is becoming synonymous with an apartheid system of colonial occupation, which institutionalizes the plague of racism and entrenches hatred and incitement.

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What permits the Israeli Government to blatantly continue with its aggressive policies and the perpetration of war crimes stems from its conviction that it is above the international law and that it has immunity from accountability and consequences. This belief, unfortunately, is bolstered by the failure by some to condemn and demand the cessation of its violations and crimes and by positions that equate the victim and the executioner.

The moment has arrived for the world to say clearly: Enough of aggression, settlements and occupation.

This is why we are here now.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We did not come here seeking to delegitimize a State established years ago, and that is Israel; rather we came to affirm the legitimacy of the State that must now achieve its independence, and that is Palestine. We did not come here to add further complications to the peace process, which Israel’s policies have thrown into the intensive care unit; rather we came to launch a final serious attempt to achieve peace. Our endeavor is not aimed at terminating what remains of the negotiations process, which has lost its objective and credibility, but rather aimed at trying to breathe new life into the negotiations and at setting a solid foundation for it based on the terms of reference of the relevant international resolutions in order for the negotiations to succeed.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

On behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization, I say: We will not give up, we will not tire, and our determination will not wane and we will continue to strive to achieve a just peace.

However, above all and after all, I affirm that our people will not relinquish their inalienable national rights, as defined by United Nations resolutions. And our people cling to the right to defend themselves against aggression and occupation and they will continue their popular, peaceful resistance and their epic steadfastness, and will continue to build on their land. And, they will end the division and strengthen their national unity. We will accept no less than the independence of the State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, on all the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967, to live in peace and security alongside the State of Israel, and a solution for the refugee issue on the basis of resolution 194 (III), as per the operative part of the Arab Peace Initiative. I don’t think that is terrorism that we are pursuing in the United Nations.

Yet, we must repeat here once again our warning: the window of opportunity is narrowing and time is quickly running out. The rope of patience is shortening and hope is withering. The innocent lives that have been taken by Israeli bombs – more than 168 martyrs, mostly children and women, including 12 members of one family, the Dalou family, in Gaza – are a painful reminder to the world that this racist, colonial occupation is making the two-State solution and the prospect for realizing peace a very difficult choice, if not impossible.

It is time for action and the moment to move forward.

This is why we are here today.

Mr. President,

Ladies and Gentleman,

The world is being asked today to answer a specific question that we have offered repeatedly: Is there a surplus people in our region? Tell us. The world must say it. Are we a surplus people, or is there a state which is missing which must be embodied on its land, which is Palestine. The world is being asked to undertake a significant step in the process of rectifying the unprecedented historical injustice inflicted on the Palestinian people since Al-Nakba of 1948.

Every voice among you supporting our endeavor today is a most valuable voice of courage, and every State that grants support today to Palestine’s request for non-member observer State status is affirming its principled and moral support for freedom and the rights of peoples and international law and peace.

Your support for our endeavor today will send a promising message – to millions of Palestinians on the land of Palestine, in the refugee camps both in the homeland and the Diaspora, and to the prisoners struggling for freedom in Israel’s prisons – that justice is possible and that there is a reason to be hopeful and that the peoples of the world do not accept the continuation of the occupation.

This is why we are here today.

Your support for our endeavor today will give a reason for hope to a people besieged by a racist, colonial occupation. Failure that almost amounts to complicity in Israel’s aggression and in a state of paralysis that some are striving to impose on the international community. Your support, ladies and gentlemen, will confirm to our people that they are not alone and their adherence to international law is never going to be a losing proposition.

In our endeavor today to acquire non-member State status for Palestine in the United Nations, we reaffirm that Palestine will always adhere to and respect the Charter and resolutions of the United Nations and international humanitarian law, uphold equality, guarantee civil liberties, uphold the rule of law, promote democracy and pluralism, and uphold and protect the rights of women. This is what we are pledging today.

As we promised our friends and our brothers and sisters, we will continue to consult with them upon the approval of your esteemed body of our request to upgrade Palestine’s status. We will act responsibly and positively in our next steps, and we will to work to strengthen cooperation with the countries and peoples of the world for the sake of a just peace.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Sixty-five years ago on this day, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II), which partitioned the land of historic Palestine into two States and became the birth certificate for Israel.

Sixty-five years later and on the same day, which your esteemed body has designated as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the General Assembly stands before a moral duty, which it must not hesitate to undertake, and stands before a historic duty, which cannot endure further delay, and before a practical duty to salvage the chances for peace, which is urgent and cannot be postponed.

Mr. President,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The United Nations General Assembly is called upon today to issue the birth certificate of the reality of the State of Palestine. This is why, in specific, we are here today. It is our hope, ladies and gentlemen, our hope in God and in you.

Thank you, and peace be upon you."

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"UN General Assembly accords Palestine Non-Member Observer State status

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The General Assembly on Thursday voted to accept the State of Palestine as a Non-Member Observer State.

The resolution was adopted by a vote of 138 nations in favour, to nine against with 41 abstentions.

In the resolution, the Assembly affirmed its determination to contribute to the achievement of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and the attainment of a peaceful settlement in the Middle East that ends the occupation that began in 1967 and fulfils the vision of two States: an independent, sovereign, democratic, contiguous and viable State of Palestine living side by side in peace and security with Israel on the basis of the pre-1967 borders.

The resolution also expressed the urgent need for the resumption and acceleration of negotiations within the Middle East peace process based on the relevant United Nations resolutions, the terms of reference of the Madrid Conference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In remarks to the General Assembly, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Palestine comes to the United Nations General Assembly at a time when it is still tending to its wounds and still burying its beloved martyrs of children, women and men who have fallen victim to the latest Israeli aggression, still searching for remnants of life amid the ruins of homes destroyed by Israeli bombs on the Gaza Strip.

“Palestine comes today to the General Assembly because it believes in peace and because its people, as proven in past days, are in desperate need of it. Palestine comes today to this prestigious international forum, epresentative and protector of international legitimacy, reaffirming our conviction that the international community now stands before the last chance to save the two-State solution. Palestine comes to you today at a defining moment regionally and internationally, in order to reaffirm its presence and to try to protect the possibilities and the foundations of a just peace that is deeply hoped for in our region.”

In remarks to the General Assembly after the vote, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said his position has been consistent all along.

“I believe that the Palestinians have a legitimate right to their own independent State. I believe that Israel has the right to live in peace and security with its neighbours. There is no substitute for negotiations to that end. Today's vote underscores the urgency of a resumption of meaningful negotiations. We must give new impetus to our collective efforts to ensure that an independent, sovereign, democratic, contiguous and viable State of Palestine lives side by side with a secure State of Israel.”

Secretary-General Ban urged the parties to renew their commitment to a negotiated peace."

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"Thursday 29 November 2012

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So I no longer have to put ‘Palestine’ in quotation marks? Just Palestine. Back to the Ottoman fiefdom of Palestine, the British Mandate Palestine and now the fulfilment – if ever it be so – of the UN’s 1947 divided Palestine exactly 65 years ago to the day, Arab Palestine, which old King Abdullah – Hussain’s Dad – annexed to Jordan. If, of course, there’s enough room for Arab Palestine today amid the cobweb of Jewish colonies and colonial roads already built – and still being built, with total impunity and against all international law – across the ‘viable’ state of Palestine which Lord Blair of Kut al-Amara and the rest of our masters always speak so blithely.

But that’s not the point just now, either for the Palestinians or the Israelis. What both the Palestinians and the Israeli Left need is a substantial Western European vote for a Palestine non-member state at the UN. We already knew that France was on board, along with Luxembourg and Spain. Francois Hollande had done a wobbly in recent weeks, creeping back from his pre-election pledge to “support the international recognition of the Palestinian state”, telling Benjamin Netanyahu a month ago that he wanted “negotiations without preconditions” between Israelis and Palestinians rather than a UN vote. But the Quai d’Orsay obviously thought better.

For the Israeli Left, this was essential. They have been frightened that if solely the world's non-democracies and dictatorships vote for Palestine, Mr Netanyahu would be able to say that since Mahmoud Abbas could only get his vote with the help of extremists, despots and potentates, then Israel would be able to claim a moral victory and brush off the whole affair. But if the real democracies of Europe will have supported Palestine, it will be a catastrophe for Netanyahu. Of course, until tonight – if this deadline is met - we don’t know how Germany will vote. And we all know why.

Needless to say, the Palestinians were already celebrating 24 hours before the scheduled vote. Celebrations are a dodgy business in the Middle East. Hopes raised are always dashed. But the vote should also be a blow to the United States, whose president has followed his usual dog-like obeisance to Mr Netanyahu, pleading vainly to the world that they should follow the Israeli-American line: direct ‘peace’ negotiations with the Palestinians – even as Israeli colony building proceeds at a colossal rate – rather than any form of recognition. After Israel handed Hamas the enormous political recognition of a ceasefire last week, Mr Abbas will need an infinitely more important recognition for all of Palestine in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

The Israelis had circulated the world’s foreign ministries with their hope that Palestine would not be recognised at the UN, and privately suggested all kinds of nastiness if their wish was not granted: massive new colony-building, an end to all negotiations, further withholding of money legally owed to the Palestinian Authority. But in truth, these are Likud and right-wing threats rather than Israeli threats. The country as a whole – and especially the Left, however weak – does not appear to share this far-right view of the world. Peace at any price is a non-starter. But peace at Mr Netanyahu’s price is not attractive to every Israeli.

And by tonight, we should also have discovered whether David Cameron has abided by what appear to be the feelings of millions of British people – a UN vote for Palestine – or whether he preferred the status of Lord Blair, the true servant of the White House, and of Israel."

Israel

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"Histórica votación, pese a la labor de EU e Israel para desvirtuar la resolución mundial

Celebración en Ramala, sede del gobierno palestino en Cisjordania, tras la histórica decisión en la Organización de Naciones Unidas que permite a ese país dejar de ser una entidad sin personalidad jurídica y política. En su discurso ante el organismo multilateral, Mahmoud Abbas, presidente de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina, dijo que no permitiremos menos que la independencia de nuestro Estado, con Jerusalén oriental como su capital Foto Reuters

"Recibe 138 votos a favor por 9 en contra con Israel y EU a la cabeza; 41 abstenciones

Logro histórico: Palestina, Estado observador no miembro de la ONU

Miles celebran en Gaza y Cisjordania

Adiós a la entidad sin personalidad jurídica y política

Mahmoud Abbas, presidente de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina, ayer en su discurso de 22 minutos ante el pleno de la Asamblea General de la ONUFoto Reuters

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Periódico La Jornada
Viernes 30 de noviembre de 2012, p. 33

Nueva York, 29 de noviembre. Palestina fue reconocida hoy como Estado observador no miembro de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU), en histórica sesión de la Asamblea General del organismo en la que una abrumadora mayoría de países votó favorablemente la resolución presentada, no obstante la labor de Israel y Estados Unidos por tratar de desvirtuar su trascendencia en la solución del conflicto palestino-israelí.

De los 193 estados miembros de la ONU, 138 –incluidos México, Francia, España e Italia– votaron a favor de la resolución no vinculante, nueve sufragaron en contra, con Estados Unidos e Israel al frente, y 41 se abstuvieron, entre ellos Alemania y Gran Bretaña.

Con esta histórica decisión, Palestina dejó de ser una entidad sin personalidad jurídica y política, estará en condiciones de firmar tratados internacionales y será tratada como cualquier otro país del mundo en las agencias especializadas de la ONU, incluido el Tribunal Penal Internacional (TPI), ante el cual las autoridades palestinas podrán presentar denuncias por violaciones a los derechos humanos, que hasta ahora han quedado en el limbo. También será suceptible de represalias económicas de Washington y Tel Aviv.

Aniversario de la resolución de 1947

La aprobación de Palestina como observador no miembro ocurrió en el 65 aniversario de la resolución de la ONU que ordenó la partición del territorio en dos estados, uno judío y otro árabe, lo que llevó dos años más tarde a la creación del primero, pero no del segundo.

El estatus adquirido hoy por Palestina le abre el camino para ser reconocido como Estado con plenos derechos en la ONU, como ha sido el caso de otros países en los 67 años de vida del organismo internacional. Algunos medios de información en el mundo, incluida la televisora ABC, señalaron que el reconocimiento alcanzado confiere implícitamente a Palestina el rango de Estado, a pesar de que esto es sólo el comienzo de un proceso institucional que llevará tiempo.

La sesión de la Asamblea General comenzó a las tres de la tarde en Nueva York con discursos del secretario general de la ONU, el sudcoreano Ban Ki-moon, y del presidente de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP), Mahmoud Abbas, pero también desde temprano los gobiernos de Israel y Estados Unidos dijeron que la resolución adoptada hoy en nada cambiará la realidad en el terreno del conflicto y aleja la posibilidad de crear un Estado palestino.

Es el momento de actuar y el momento de avanzar, dijo Abbas al solicitar apoyo para firmar el acta de nacimiento del Estado Palestino, reconocimiento –agregó– que constituye la última oportunidad de paz con Israel.

Su respaldo le dará una razón de esperanza a un pueblo asediado por una ocupación racista y colonialista; el pueblo palestino no aceptará menos que la independencia del Estado de Palestina, con Jerusalén del este como su capital, sobre el territorio ocupado en 1967 (Gaza y Cisjordania), para vivir en paz y seguridad junto a Israel, puntualizó.

Abbas recibió una ovación antes de comenzar su discurso, y una vez más al concluir su alocución, que duró 22 minutos.

En Ramallá, la sede el gobierno palestino en Cisjordania, unas tres mil personas se concentraron inicialmente en el centro de la ciudad para ver y escuchar el discurso de su líder, en transmisión televisiva directa desde Nueva York. El resultado de la votación fue recibido con proclamaciones de larga vida a Palestina y más gente se sumó a las celebraciones.

En otras localidades cisjordanas, incluso en Jerusalén este que paulatina e ilegalmente ha sido poblada por israelíes, también hubo manifestaciones callejeras de júbilo. En la ciudad de Gaza, que todavía restaña las heridas por el intenso bombardeo israelí entre el 14 y 21 de noviembre, la gente ondeó banderas de Palestina para celebrar este hecho histórico; la celebración incluso comenzó horas antes de la votación en Nueva York.

Casi no puedo traducir mis sentimientos en palabras, dijo Mohamed Humaid, de 27 años, habitante en Gaza. Todo lo que puedo decir es que estoy orgulloso de ser palestino, agregó.

También de cara a la Asamblea General, Ban pidió a palestinos e israelíes que rompan con la mentalidad de suma cero, en la que no puede haber cabida más que para un Estado u otro.

Hace 65 años, la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas adoptó la resolución 181 que planteó la partición del territorio (entonces bajo el mandato del organismo) en dos estados. Transcurrido este tiempo, esta visión de la solución de dos estados permanece trágicamente incumplida, dijo Ban.

Medio Oriente está cambiando rápida y profundamente, por lo que es más urgente que nunca para la comunidad internacional y las partes en conflicto intensificar esfuerzos hacia la paz, añadió.

Por la mañana en Israel, el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu afirmó que la decisión en la ONU no cambiará nada en el terreno y no promoverá la creación de un Estado palestino, sino que la alejará.

Algunos medios israelíes criticaron a Netanyahu en los últimos días por la gran derrota diplomática, y en una aparente respuesta, el jefe de gobierno aconsejó a los israelíes y a la comunidad internacional que “no se dejen impresionar por los aplausos en la Asamblea General de la ONU. No importa cuántas manos se alcen contra nosotros, no hay fuerza en el mundo que me haga ceder en la seguridad de Israel.

La paz sólo se puede conseguir a través de las negociaciones directas sin condiciones previas y no con decisiones unilaterales de la ONU, que no tienen en cuenta la necesidad de existencia y seguridad de Israel, añadió.

Más tarde, cuando en Israel ya era casi la medianoche, la oficina de Netanyahu difundió un comunicado en el que señaló que el discurso de Abbas estuvo lleno de odio y veneno contra Israel, así como de mentiras y propaganda falaz contra el ejército israelí y sus ciudadanos.

También desestimaron la decisión de la Asamblea General, la secretaria estadunidense de Estado, Hillary Clinton, y la representante de Washington ante la ONU, Susan Rice.

Clinton dijo que la resolución la asamblea general fue desafortunada y contraproducente porque genera más obstáculos para la paz, mientras Rice puntualizó que esta resolución no establece un Estado palestino.

Al justificar su abstención respecto de la resolución, el ministro alemán de Relaciones Exteriores, Guido Westerwelle, explicó: en nuestra opinión hay dudas de que el paso que darán hoy los palestinos sirva al proceso de paz en estos momentos y tememos que, más bien, lleve a que se endurezcan las posiciones.

El largo sendero recorrido por Palestina para constituirse como Estado comenzó con la resolución de 1947, pero en 1974 tomó un sentido más claro, cuando su líder histórico, Yasser Arafat, consiguió que la ONU reconociera la soberanía e independencia del pueblo palestino.

En noviembre de 1988, el dirigente reconoció el derecho de Israel a su existencia y en 1993 fueron concertados los acuerdos de Oslo, que aprobaron la formación de la autogestión palestina, convertida luego en la Autoridad Nacional Palestina.

La resolución aprobada hoy no dará derecho de voto a Palestina en la Asamblea General, pero podrá tener representantes en muchos de los comités especializados de la ONU, en los que se abordan temas que atañen la vida de los palestinos y de sus relaciones con el resto del mundo, hasta ahora bajo la supervisión del Estado de Israel, en su calidad de país ocupante. Sólo las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad tienen carácter vinculante."

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"Golpe de Europa a Netanyahu

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Así pues, ya no tengo que poner Palestina entre comillas. Sólo Palestina. De vuelta al feudo otomano de Palestina, a la Palestina del mandato británico y al cumplimiento –si alguna vez llega– de la Palestina dividida por la ONU en 1947, hace exactamente 65 años: la Palestina árabe, que el viejo rey Abdalá –el padre de Hussein– anexó a Jordania. Si es que hay, desde luego, suficiente espacio para la Palestina árabe entre la maraña de colonias judías y caminos coloniales ya construidos y los que se siguen construyendo, con total impunidad y contra el derecho internacional, por todo el Estado viable de Palestina del que lord Blair de Kut al-Amara y el resto de nuestros amos hablan con tanto desparpajo.

Pero no se trata de eso ahora, ni para los palestinos ni para los israelíes. Lo que los palestinos y la izquierda israelí necesitan ahora es una sustancial votación europea occidental por un Estado palestino no miembro en la Organización de Naciones Unidas. Ya supimos ayer que Francia está a bordo, junto con Luxemburgo y España. François Hollande se puso un poco histérico en semanas recientes, reculando de su promesa de campaña de apoyar el reconocimiento internacional de un Estado palesino al decir a Benjamin Netanyahu, hace un mes, que quería negociaciones sin precondiciones entre israelíes y palestinos más que una votación en la ONU. Pero obviamente el Quaid’Orsay lo pensó mejor.

Para la izquierda israelí eso era esencial. Temía que si únicamente los países no democráticos del mundo votaban por Palestina, Netanyahu estaría en condiciones de decir que, como Mahmoud Abbas sólo pudo ganar la votación con ayuda de extremistas, déspotas y potentados, Israel podía clamar una victoria moral y desentenderse de la cuestión. Pero si las verdaderas democracias de Europa apoyaban a Palestina, sería una catástrofe para Netanyahu. Desde luego, hasta esta mañana –si se cumplió el plazo– no sabíamos cómo votaría Alemania. Y todos sabemos por qué.

Inútil decir que ya los palestinos celebraban 24 horas antes de la votación. En Medio Oriente las celebraciones son un asunto riesgoso. Las esperanzas siempre resultan defraudadas. Pero la votación debe ser también un golpe para Estados Unidos, cuyo presidente ha mantenido su acostumbrada obediencia perruna a Netanyahu, suplicando en vano al mundo que siga la línea israelí-estadunidense: negociaciones directas de paz con los palestinos, aun si la construcción de colonias israelíes prosigue a un ritmo colosal, en vez de cualquier reconocimiento. Luego que Israel entregó a Hamas el enorme reconocimiento político de un cese del fuego, la semana pasada, Abbas necesitaba un reconocimiento infinitamente más importante para toda Palestina en las primeras horas de la mañana.

Los israelíes habían hecho circular entre los ministros del exterior del mundo sus esperanzas de que Palestina no sería reconocida en la ONU, y en privado sugerían toda clase de cochinadas si no se conceden sus deseos: construcción en masa de colonias, cese de toda negociación, mayor retención del dinero que se adeuda legalmente a la Autoridad Palestina. Pero, a decir verdad, son amenazas del Likud y de la derecha, más que de Israel. El país en conjunto –en especial la izquierda– no parece compartir esta visión del mundo. La paz a cualquier precio no sería un buen punto de partida, pero la paz al precio de Netanyahu no es atractiva para todos los israelíes.

Y para la mañana del sábado habremos descubierto si David Cameron se apegó a lo que parece ser el sentir de millones de británicos –una votación por Palestina en la ONU– o si prefirió el estatus de lord Blair, el de verdadero sirviente de la Casa Blanca y de Israel.

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Traducción: Jorge Anaya"

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"How the world voted on Palestine [Updated]

By SR Editor on 11/30/2012

Yes 138 – No 9 – Abstain 41

How the world voted on Palestine [Updated]

The countries which voted YES [updated]
Afghanistan,
Algeria,
Angola,
Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina,
Armenia,
Austria,
Azerbaijan,
Bahrain,
Bangladesh,
Belarus,
Belgium,
Belize,
Benin,
Bhutan,
Bolivia (Plurinational State of),
Botswana,
Brazil,
Brunei Darussalam,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cambodia,
Cape Verde,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Chile,
China,
Comoros,
Congo,
Costa Rica,
Côte d’Ivoire,
Cuba,
Cyprus,
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
Denmark,
Djibouti,
Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Egypt,
El Salvador,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Finland,
France,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Georgia,
Ghana,
Greece,
Grenada,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana,
Honduras,
Iceland,
India,
Indonesia,
Iran (Islamic Republic of),
Iraq,
Ireland,
Italy,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Kenya,
Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan,
Lao People’s Democratic Republic,
Lebanon,
Lesotho,
Libya,
Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg,
Malaysia,
Maldives,
Mali,
Malta,
Mauritania,
Mauritius,
Mexico,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
Namibia,
Nepal,
New Zealand,
Nicaragua,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Norway,
Oman,
Pakistan,
Peru,
Philippines,
Portugal,
Qatar,
Russian Federation,
Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Sao Tome and Principe,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Serbia,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Solomon Islands,
Somalia,
South Africa,
South Sudan,
Spain,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Suriname,
Swaziland,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Syrian Arab Republic,
Tajikistan,
Thailand,
Timor-Leste,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia,
Turkey,
Turkmenistan,
Tuvalu,
Uganda,
United Arab Emirates,
United Republic of Tanzania,
Uruguay,
Uzbekistan,
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),
Viet Nam,
Yemen,
Zambia, and
Zimbabwe.

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The countries which voted NO are

Israel,
United States,
Canada,
Czech Republic,
Panama,
Marshall Islands,
Micronesia,
Nauru and
Palau

The countries which abstained are:
Albania,
Andorra,
Australia,
Bahamas,
Barbados,
Bosnia & Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Cameroon,
Colombia,
Congo (DRC),
Croatia,
Estonia,
Fiji,
Germany,
Guatemala,
Haiti,
Hungary,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Macedonia,
Malawi,
Monaco,
Mongolia,
Montenegro,
Netherlands,
Papua New Guinea,
Paraguay,
Poland,
Moldova,
Romania,
Rwanda,
Samoa,
San Marino,
Singapore,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
South Korea,
Togo,
Tonga,
the United Kingdom and
Vanuatu.

Five countries failed to vote. [updated]

Equatorial Guinea,
Kiribati,
Liberia,
Madagascar, and
Ukraine.

According to the highly respectable Democracy Index run by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), only 25 countries are full democracies. So, of those democracies, 17 voted for, 3 voted against and 5 abstained. If we take flawed democracies into account, 48 countries voted for, 5 voted against and 24 abstained. (With thanks to Sol Salbe for referring us to the Index)

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