- "The vote came after a fierce debate that saw several
of about 40 countries that spoke portray the wall as racist and colonialist,
a blatant land-grab, worse than the Berlin Wall, and an overreaction that
would turn some parts of the Palestinian territories into 'open-air prisons.'"
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- UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The
United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution late Tuesday that
would have condemned Israel for building a barrier that cuts into the West
Bank.
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- The American veto came after the United States suggested
an alternate draft that would have called on all parties in the Middle
East struggle to dismantle terrorist groups.
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- The United States was the only country to vote against,
using its veto as one of five permanent members of the council. Four of
the 15 members of the Security Council abstained: Bulgaria, Cameroon, Germany
and Britain.
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- U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said the resolution "was
unbalanced" and "did not further the goals of peace and security
in the region."
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- The vote came after a fierce debate that saw several
of about 40 countries that spoke portray the wall as racist and colonialist,
a blatant land-grab, worse than the Berlin Wall, and an overreaction that
would turn some parts of the Palestinian territories into "open-air
prisons."
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- Syria's UN Ambassador Fayssal Mekdad, whose country is
the only Arab nation on the 15-member council, introduced the draft resolution
Thursday on behalf of the 22-member Arab League.
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- The request for Security Council action came a week after
the Israeli Cabinet approved an extension of the barrier that would sweep
around Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank.
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- Comment Sally Forester 10-15-3
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- Dear Jeff -
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- No surprise here. Four countries abstained from voting,
but Israel's puppet, the US, was the only one that voted against the resolution.
It's far beyond obvious who is running US foreign policy. I remember
that USAF official paper you've posted several times which details how
Israeli nuclear blackmail against the US is an integral factor in much
of American foreign policy. Everyone should read it...several times.
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