Palestinians' first ever UN vote symbolic yet historic

[Violet_Crumble]

RAMALLAH, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinians' first ever vote at the UN General Assembly was symbolic but historic on their way toward the world's full recognition of a Palestinian state, officials and analysts said here on Wednesday.

Almost a year after the UN General Assembly upgraded the Palestinian status to that of a non-member observer state, the chief Palestinian UN observer Riyad Mansour cast a ballot on Monday in an election of a judge for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

The casting of the Palestinian ballot was accompanied with a loud applause in the 193-nation assembly, a matter that angered the Israeli envoy.

Riyad Al-Maliki, the Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister, said in a statement that the cheering was a sign of "wide international support to the Palestinian cause."

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/21/c_125736111.htm

Yes, I can imagine international support for the Palestinian cause would anger the Israeli envoy...

[Scurrilous]

1. Thanks Violet.

K & R

[Violet_Crumble]

5. Hi Scurrilous! Great to see you again!

[shaayecanaan]

2. A nice moment

[azurnoir]

3. Thanks and may I add

it's about time

[King_David]

4. How was the "anger" of the Israeli ascertained ?

He was visually angry? He looked angry? He said he was angry? The journalist just knows he was angry? A mentalist and tarot card reader was consulted ?

[Violet_Crumble]

6. Yes, he had a whinge...

Israeli Deputy UN Ambassador David Roet complained to the meeting that Mansour should have celebrated the vote outside the assembly and had tried to "hijack" attention at the meeting.

"Israel maintains its position that the Palestinian Authority is not a state and the Palestinian Authority fails to meet the criteria for statehood," said Roet, who insisted that the vote did not change the statehood bid.

http://www.dw.de/palestinians-cast-first-vote-at-un-general-assembly-angering-israel-us/a-17238312

[shaayecanaan]

7. Then he went home and kicked the dog...

and had a good cry whilst listening to Abba records.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

8. As hard as you might try dave, sometimes you just you just pick the wrong argument...

Well, actually you always pick the wrong argument, but I digress.