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Palestinians celebrate resounding Trump and Israel failure at the UN

Any decisions and actions which purport to have altered the character, status or demographic composition of the Holy City of Jerusalem have no legal effect, are null and void and must be rescinded in compliance with relevant resolutions of the Security Council. 

 UN General Assembly, December 21, 2017

December 21, 2017 — Today, in an emergency session, the overwhelming majority of the world’s nations at the UN General Assembly voted 128-9 in favor of a resolution calling on the United States to overturn its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

This “collective act of defiance” took place despite threats from Trump’s ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, to “take names” of countries voting against the United States and Israel, and threats by Trump to cut US aid to those countries.

Israel’s ambassador to the UN accused the world body’s members of being “puppets” to the “Palestinian puppet masters”, following Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s description of the UN as a “house of lies.”

The resounding failure by Israel and the US administration to thwart the pro-Palestinian vote at the UN General Assembly follows a similarly embarrassing UN Security Council vote on Monday which also rejected the US-Israeli position 14-1.

Omar Barghouti, speaking on behalf of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society, responded by saying:

This vote is further proof that the far-right Israeli-Trump alliance is more isolated than ever as the overwhelming majority of nations are finally recognizing its fatal attempt to undermine both Palestinian rights and the very rule of international law. Holding Israel accountable for its egregious, decades-old human rights violations is crucial to upholding both.

To defend the UN against this thuggery by Israel and the Trump administration, the BDS movement calls for meaningful sanctions, especially a military embargo and intensified boycott and divestment measures against Israel’s regime of oppression. BDS today is not only crucial for realizing Palestinian freedom, justice and equality. It is also critical to stopping Trump, Netanyahu and other leaders of the international far-right who are threatening world peace and global justice like never before.

All European states, with a few exceptions that abstained, voted in favor of the Palestinian position on occupied Jerusalem, and so did Japan, China, India, Nigeria, Brazil, Korea, Russia, and South Africa, among many others.

Favoring concrete sanctions to merely symbolic gestures of solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) at its general conference yesterday unanimously adopted downgrading diplomatic ties with Israel. “[It] sends a clear message to Israel that there is a price to pay for its human rights abuses and violations of international law,” the ANC said in a statement.

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I just wish more of us would get this worked up about neocon lobbying for interventions that only lead to destabilization of the ME, a cherished Likudnik goal.

The fact that most of Palestine’s supporters were either sympathetic or supportive of the so called rebels in Syria (who were doing Israel’s work for it) says so much about the failure of this movement to care about the things that matter most.

“Palestinian puppet masters”

Yep. There just has to be a sinister group of people of Semitic origin secretly pulling the strings and making the whole world dance to their tune.

SNARKCASTIC ROLL CALL OF THE ÜBER RIGHTEOUS
United States,
Israel,
Togo,
Micronesia,
Nauru,
Palau,
Marshall Islands,
Guatemala and
Honduras.
SO, THE U.S. AND ISRAEL WERE SUPPORTED BY:
• TWO CENTRAL AMERICAN BANANA REPUBLICS,
• ONE OF THE SMALLEST COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND
• A SMATTERING OF ISLAND NATIONS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN!
A fitting testament to Caligula Trump and Pistol Packin’ Mama Haley’s extraordinary powers of persuasion, bullying, extortion etc.
WELL DONE, TEAM TRUMP. TAKE A VICTORY LAP!
Trump’s hissy fit threat yesterday reminded me of Faye Dunaway’s rendition of a Joan Crawford schizoid meltdown over her daughter’s use of a metal (as opposed to wood) hanger for her dress in Mommie Dearest (1981)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ksk_ko_6g

Hopefully part of the beginning of the end to US bullying on the I/P issues. Not sure what if anything comes next regarding steps to a resolution of the conflict.

The Palestinians will never work with Trump and may never deal with the US as peace broker again. Israel will likely never enter into any negotiations without the US. Without serious sanctions on Israel and a BDS movement in overdrive not sure anything but the status quo can be expected.

The vote is encouraging but nothing more than lip service.

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: A VERY URGENT WARNING! (NOT CLICK BAIT!)

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! (SERIOUSLY, NOT CLICK BAIT!)

What happens when a narcissist experiences a narcissistic injury [e.g., a humiliating defeat at the United Nations – J.L.D.] by a source of supply ?

John Smith, Know more than I want to about dealing with narcissists
Answered May 26, 2016

[EXCERPT] This all depends on what type of narcissist you’re talking about. I have dealt with various types of narcissists and read a great deal about them. Here is my personal opinion:

Malignant Narcissists: These people essentially have narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) coupled with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). [AN INCREDIBLY LETHAL COMBO – J.L.D.] If robbed of their Narcissistic Supply (NS), they can be prone to taking revenge on you. They will run smear campaigns against you and make you wish you’d never cut them off. Malignant narcissists are also more risk-taking than others and are the most prone to violence. Thankfully, these narcissists represent the smallest group of the lot.

Covert Narcissists: These are the most common narcissists. They wear a mask that hides their true self, which is self-loathing and has low self-confidence. They need YOU to provide that for them. When cut off from NS, covert narcissists will typically try to “win you back.” They will kill you with kindness, and if you take the bait, they will probably gaslight you for cutting them off their NS. They will shame you and tell you what a bad person you are, and then you will likely end up apologizing to them. They have bad, bad victim mentalities. If you go No Contact and hold your ground, covert narcissists will experience a range of emotions: they’ll become depressed, anxious, jealous or angry (or some mixture of these). But their response is to usually sulk and take their ball and go home. They have nasty revenge fantasies, but covert narcissists are not typically risk-takers and will likely not make a move against you for fear of how you will react, now that you’ve shown them you’re willing to stand up to them. They are quite cowardly. . .

SOURCE ~ https://www.quora.com/What-happens-when-a-narcissist-experiences-a-narcissistic-injury-by-a-source-of-supply