Iran's Well-Attended "International Conference on Palestinian Intifada"

by Khaled Abu Toameh
October 4, 2011 at 5:00 am

Members of the United Nations Security Council and General Assembly should take into consideration the high probability that Iran and its proxies might one day take control over the future Palestinian state -- unless the international community wakes up and starts taking more seriously the threats coming from Tehran.

Watchman of Zion: September 24, 2011: Weekly 5 minute update (Audio Only)

September 25, 2011 at 8:12 AM

You may view the 5 minute update this week via audio: 1) Listen to the audio In this week’s 5 minute update, we focused on: 1) The current status of the Israel / PLO peace process The PLO decided to submit their bid for recognition of a PLO state based upon 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital to the UN Security Council.  It may take weeks or even months for their to be a vote on the issue.  The Quartet (US, EU, UN and Russia) responded by making a proposal for direct talks between Israel and the PLO with a goal for the completion of a peace agreement to establish a PLO state by December, 2012.

Palestinians take to streets ahead of UN statehood bid

By JPOST.COM STAFF 
09/21/2011 12:02 

Celebratory rallies taking place in Ramallah, other Palestinian cities across the West Bank; learning institutions, gov't offices closed to encourage participation.

Palestinian Leaders to Seek the U.N.’s Blessing

Not for a two-state solution. For a two-stage execution.

Late this month, leaders of the Palestinian Authority are expected to issue a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) and ask, in the wordsof PA foreign minister Nabil Shaath, that it receive “the blessing of the U.N.”

Lebanon prevents UN condemnation of terror attack

Security Council member Lebanon thwarts condemnation of Thursday’s terror offensive that left eight Israelis dead; UN envoy Prosor: Lebanon itself a terror state, UN blind and deaf in face of anti-Israel terror

Iranians protest about police 'savagery'... in BRITAIN during crackdown on rioters

• Posters call for 'death to the corrupt British monarchy'
• Tehran officials make it clear they want riots to continue
• Country offers to send units of its feared militia to police streets
• President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemns the 'savage crackdown'

'Palestinians set date for statehood showdown at UN'

By GIL SHEFLER 
08/13/2011 16:46 

September 20 marked for Palestinian UN statehood bid, AFP reports; PA foreign minister says Abbas “will insist on this historic initiative and Ban Ki-moon will present the request to the Security Council.”

Ahmadinejad warns over UNSC silence over Britain violence

ISNA - Tehran 
Service: Foreign Policy

TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned over the UN Security Council silence over recent violence in Britain.

Ambassador Works to Head Off Palestinian Statehood

July 27, 2011 - Lisa Hostein, Executive Editor



Israel's ambassador to the United States has a lot on his plate these days, but one issue preoccupies him more than most: the Palestinian quest to gain statehood recognition at the United Nations.
With just a month before a possible mid-September showdown, Ambassador Michael Oren said he is working on the issue daily, using diplomacy to try to head off a U.N. resolution while simultaneously planning for the fallout should it happen.