tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post1244286597326661650..comments2024-03-05T02:09:06.358-08:00Comments on Popular Resistance: Israel isolatedQumsiyehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546765130702006218noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-80195638271220837992012-12-05T22:05:42.333-08:002012-12-05T22:05:42.333-08:00My view has been that Israel, after carving out mo...My view has been that Israel, after carving out most of the places it wants in Palestine, it would accept a "two state" solution. So the vote last week, was....not a happy one for me. But I am not Palestinian and I am not on the ground to know what is going enough to argue with the happy Palestinians after the vote. I hope I am wrong. What do you think ?nasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15243576581963818515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771563516536608026.post-1355483024246188462012-12-05T19:37:30.234-08:002012-12-05T19:37:30.234-08:00I am glad to see pressure to bring Israel under th...I am glad to see pressure to bring Israel under the NPT (among many other pressures on Israel that this article talks about).<br /><br />"the United Nations voted to inspect Israel’s nuclear facilities (which had manufactured hundreds of nuclear weapons destabilizing the region). The vote also calls on Israel to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty without further delay. The vote again passed with vast majority: 174 countries votes for the inspection, six voted against, and six abstained. The countries that voted against the resolution were Israel, the United States, Canada, Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands. Shameful succumbing to Israel lobby by those very few counries (against their own people's interests)." <br /><br />Now if only we could get the US to comply with all of the provisions demanded by the signatories.<br /><br />Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) states: “Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.” Wayne1954https://www.blogger.com/profile/01194946776346100971noreply@blogger.com