UN assembly demands Israel drop threat to Arafat

[tinnypriv]

UN assembly demands Israel drop threat to Arafat
Reuters, 19 September 2003

Sidestepping a U.S. veto in the Security Council, the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Friday to tell Israel to drop a threat to harm or deport Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

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The 191-nation assembly, where Washington has no veto, voted 133-4, with 15 abstentions, in an emergency session to adopt a resolution demanding that the Jewish state not carry out a policy to 'remove' Arafat.

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The United States and Israel voted 'No,' joined by the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.

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http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters09-19-112258.asp?reg=MIDEAST

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Comment: Wow! They picked up the Marshall Islands too. "Coalition Of The Obscure"? :eyes:

[smallprint]

1. this whole thing feels almost like an absurd playground spat

like a bunch of 4th graders... except that so many lives are at stake

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. I have to agree with you!!!

but Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, how powerful and intimidating they are!

(satire)

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Oh, my, your're telling me that the REST of the world.....

doesn't agree with us again?!!

[MGKrebs]

4. Why didn't * use this tactic when trying to get the war res?

Oh. Right. He would have lost anyway.

[Dookus]

5. Dupe...

locking. Please see

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=123121

Thanks a lot!

Dookus
DU Moderator