EPTPalestine accepted into UNESCO, US pulls funding - Page 26
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Kaneh
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Sina92
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sekritzzz
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ournalists covering last week's economic summit overheard French President Nicolas Sarkozy blasting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "liar" during a talk with U.S. President Barack Obama, according to published reports. The private conversation was inadvertently carried by open microphones before an Obama-Sarkozy news conference on the sidelines of the Group of 20 economic summit in the French resort of Cannes. Its contents were first reported by the French website Arret Sur Images, which said reporters heard Sarkozy's comments in French and Obama's reply through a translator. "I can't stand him. He's a liar," Sarkozy said of Netanyahu, according to the website. Obama replied, "You're tired of him; what about me? I have to deal with him every day," the site reported. Arret Sur Images ("Freeze Frame") said journalists had listened in on the conversation but had agreed not to report it. The Reuters and Associated Press news services confirmed that report Tuesday. "We didn't record it, and to use it would force us to admit that we had cheated," Arret Sur Images quoted one of the reporters who heard the conversation, whom it did not name. "Also, it would have caused great problems for the people responsible for the event's organization." http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/08/world/europe/france-sarkozy-netanyahu/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 | ||
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TheRooster
Sweden719 Posts
On November 02 2011 01:06 Nash wrote: Yay another anti-semitic thread on TL. Let the jew-bashing proceed! User was warned for this post FYI anti-semitic doesnt mean anti-jewish, anti-semitic means more like anti-arabian and jewish + this has nothing 2 do with jew's just USA and Israel(everybody in Israel isnt Jewish) | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
So Obama is pretty much in a lose-lose situation. USA's image has deteriorated so much in the last decades that i don't even know if it's worth saving it. | ||
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Synche
United States1345 Posts
On November 09 2011 17:37 Pika Chu wrote: I am not sure how the public opinion in USA sees this but unfortunately USA and Obama are in a shitty situation that they can't get out of. It's quite simple, if Obama (as representing the USA) speaks for Palestine and against the immediate interest of Israel he can say good-bye to a second mandate as a president and if Obama follows Israel's interest and against Palestine the hate of foreigners against USA will increase. So Obama is pretty much in a lose-lose situation. USA's image has deteriorated so much in the last decades that i don't even know if it's worth saving it. You're overestimating greatly how much we care about our image. The funding needs to get pulled, and it sure as heck won't change as a law. I don't know about the procedures in the UN to admit states but seems to me that it's going to be up to them to say no to Palestine. Or maybe they just don't want our money, which is fine, I suppose. | ||
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sekritzzz
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On November 09 2011 17:44 SimDawg wrote: You're overestimating greatly how much we care about our image. The funding needs to get pulled, and it sure as heck won't change as a law. I don't know about the procedures in the UN to admit states but seems to me that it's going to be up to them to say no to Palestine. Or maybe they just don't want our money, which is fine, I suppose. Maybe you personally, emphasis on personally don't care about the US image on the world stage but the troops in Afghanistan, Japan, Iraq, South Korea, etc have a different opinion. | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
On November 09 2011 17:44 SimDawg wrote: You're overestimating greatly how much we care about our image. The funding needs to get pulled, and it sure as heck won't change as a law. I don't know about the procedures in the UN to admit states but seems to me that it's going to be up to them to say no to Palestine. Or maybe they just don't want our money, which is fine, I suppose. Maybe you are underestimating how important image is. One thing you need to learn is no country can survive solely on its own, ussr already tried that and didn't work. So it's blackmailing the UN right? Either do it our way, with no care about over 100 countries in the world voted or we act like a spoiled child taking our toys and going back home (and of course, you have serious backing... a law!). | ||
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Synche
United States1345 Posts
On November 09 2011 17:58 sekritzzz wrote: Maybe you personally, emphasis on personally don't care about the US image on the world stage but the troops in Afghanistan, Japan, Iraq, South Korea, etc have a different opinion. You're speaking for troops everywhere. To clarify my comment, the US doesn't make policy on "image" no matter how many people wish it to be so. In fact there are a number of historical contexts where policy is made against "image." The argument is extremely shaky. | ||
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BlackFlag
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On November 09 2011 17:34 TheRooster wrote: FYI anti-semitic doesnt mean anti-jewish, anti-semitic means more like anti-arabian and jewish + this has nothing 2 do with jew's just USA and Israel(everybody in Israel isnt Jewish) Anti-semitism is racism against jewish people, the jewdom is marked by ethnicity and not religion in this. Anti-judaism is racism against jews based on their religion, not their ethnicity. If jews convert to christianity anti-judaism stops, anti-semitism doesn't because they're still ethnic jews. The fact that Arabs are semitic too, and that all languages spoken in the area are semitic is unimportant, because Anti-semitism has a very special and defined meaning. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15723 Posts
On November 09 2011 17:15 sekritzzz wrote: This a very interesting development, a sneak-peak into the heads of state of France/America about netanyahu....... http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/08/world/europe/france-sarkozy-netanyahu/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Wow that's hilarious. Not surprising at all. Israel has always been a huge burden on the US | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
On November 10 2011 02:48 BlackFlag wrote: Anti-semitism is racism against jewish people, the jewdom is marked by ethnicity and not religion in this. Anti-judaism is racism against jews based on their religion, not their ethnicity. If jews convert to christianity anti-judaism stops, anti-semitism doesn't because they're still ethnic jews. The fact that Arabs are semitic too, and that all languages spoken in the area are semitic is unimportant, because Anti-semitism has a very special and defined meaning. And he just explained you that defined meaning. | ||
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BlackFlag
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On November 10 2011 03:21 Pika Chu wrote: And he just explained you that defined meaning. He wrote that anti-semitism is towards arabs and jews, which is not true. Arabs are semitic people too, but they are not targeted by anti-semitism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism "While the term's etymology might suggest that antisemitism is directed against all Semitic peoples, the term was coined in the late 19th century in Germany as a more scientific-sounding term for Judenhass ("Jew-hatred"),[3] and that has been its normal use since then.[4]" | ||
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Stropheum
United States1124 Posts
On November 02 2011 00:44 konadora wrote: uh, what kind of stupid law is that that forces a government to cut financial ties to a global organisation because of one country? on what basis? It was a law instated to basically tell the UN that we don't support palestine and any action to aid them and pull them into cooperation with the UN would result in the USA pulling funding. It's not like the US just said "herp derp this random law says we can't give you money now" It's more like a standing threat | ||
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Dfgj
Singapore5922 Posts
On November 09 2011 18:12 Pika Chu wrote: Maybe you are underestimating how important image is. One thing you need to learn is no country can survive solely on its own, ussr already tried that and didn't work. So it's blackmailing the UN right? Either do it our way, with no care about over 100 countries in the world voted or we act like a spoiled child taking our toys and going back home (and of course, you have serious backing... a law!). No, that's called deterrence - and it's the opposite of 'being childish', it's the rational application of a threat to prevent an act that is against your national interest. It's the same as saying 'hit me or any of my friends and I will hit you back with unparalleled force'. Having a law to ensure that this happens simply adds credibility to the threat - it's not even ambiguous what sort of result will ensue from taking an action. International politics are based on self-interest and power more than anything else. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
Paris, November 11 (QNA) - HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, UNESCO s Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education has pledged to increase her support to UNESCO s core education activities as a direct response to the financial difficulties faced by the Organization. Her Highness is particularly concerned that the decision of some Member States to withhold contributions will have serious and adverse consequences on UNESCO s core programs and mark setbacks for sustainable development and peace, at a time when international cooperation is critical for achieving quality universal education, a statement posted on the UNESCO website said . Her Highness has called upon all partners to join her in this initiative given the challenges ahead, four years short of the 2015 target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, and following the commitment made by the Heads of States at the MDG Summit in New York in 2010. Her Highness has stated that the financial difficulties faced by the Organization stands to affect all its core programs. "This marks a very strong sign of Her Highness deep commitment to education for all, which is the foundation for building more peaceful and sustainable societies. UNESCO will put every effort into ensuring that this support translates into opening educational opportunities for the most marginalized, improving the quality of education systems in least developed countries, and forging new partnerships," said UNESCO s Director-General Irina Bokova. Source | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
On November 10 2011 05:49 Dfgj wrote: No, that's called deterrence - and it's the opposite of 'being childish', it's the rational application of a threat to prevent an act that is against your national interest. It's the same as saying 'hit me or any of my friends and I will hit you back with unparalleled force'. Having a law to ensure that this happens simply adds credibility to the threat - it's not even ambiguous what sort of result will ensue from taking an action. International politics are based on self-interest and power more than anything else. That's dumb. UNESCO is an international non-political organism that does not serve one's interest. You say it's rational, and got me smiling. How rational is it that they did nothing to prevent UNESCO from adding Palestine but their withdrawal upset a lot of people and will probably lead to an effect directly opposite of what they tried. So USA can push their interest in UN (view UN as a discussion table) over others, but when you're interests are being affected you just leave the "table". Way to do negotiations. Next Russia will give a law that says they will not finance/take part in any UN affiliated organization that ever says something bad about them, then China... and then you have a totally censored UN or an UN (again, view it as a discussion table) without Russia and China. | ||
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nojok
France15845 Posts
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johanes
Czech Republic2229 Posts
On November 12 2011 18:40 nojok wrote: Fun fact : DNA tests shows that the Jews who lived two thousand years ago in Israel are the ancestors of Palestinians. Fun fact, everybody is related to everybody  | ||
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