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Post by blindpig » Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:43 pm

better late than never.....

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Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital on Wednesday and announced plans to relocate the US Embassy there, a move expected to inflame tensions in the region and unsettle the prospects for peace.

"Today, we finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel's capital. This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. It is also the right thing to do," Trump said from the White House's Diplomatic Reception Room.
"After more than two decades of waivers, we are no closer to a lasting peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. It would be folly to assume that repeating the exact same formula would now produce a different or better result," he added.

more..... http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/politics/ ... index.html

Again Trump rips the facade off of American policy, truly the face of the ruling class.
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Post by blindpig » Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:46 pm

PFLP: Our struggle – not Trump – will decide the fate of Jerusalem

Dec 06 2017

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine described the declaration of US President Donald Trump as a declaration of war against the Palestinian people and their rights that makes the U.S. position clear as a hostile entity toward our people and a partner of the Zionist state in its crimes against the Palestinian people and land, and it must be addressed on this basis.

Further, the Front considered that Trump also launched a “bullet of mercy” on the so-called two-state solution, the settlement project and the delusions of the peace process. It called upon the Palestinian leadership to learn the necessary lessons from the devastating experience of reliance on negotiations and U.S. domination and announce the immediate withdrawal from the Oslo agreement and all subsequent and attendant obligations.

The PFLP called on the Palestinian masses and their organizations to unite their efforts and respond collectively, practically and forcefully to this decision through action and escalation of the momentum of the popular movement.

The battle for Jerusalem is one for all of Palestine. For us, Jerusalem is Haifa, Safad, Yafa, Gaza, Ramallah and every village and city in Palestine.

Further, the Front emphasized the need to confront the triangle of conspiracy against Jerusalem and Palestine and the rights of the Palestinian and Arab people, that of imperialism, Zionism and Arab reactionary regimes, and to open the door to appropriate options to resist these schemes.

The Arab masses also clearly reject this decision, which clarifies further the nature of U.S. imperialism as the primary sponsor of Zionist terror in the region that constantly seeks to ignite the region in order to maintain its hegemony.

Jerusalem will always remain the capital of the Palestinian people and the State of Palestine and the imperialist-Zionist alliance will not succeed in its attempts to obliterate the city’s Arab identity and its status in the Arab and Islamic world.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
December 6, 2017

http://pflp.ps/english/2017/12/06/pflp- ... jerusalem/
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Post by blindpig » Thu Dec 07, 2017 2:06 pm

Israeli and Palestinian communists denounce Trump's decision on Jerusalem

Israeli and Palestinian Communist Parties have reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump's provocative decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Below you can read statements by parties such as Hadash, the CP of Israel, the Palestinian CP and the Palestinian Peoples' Party.
Hadash / Communist Party of Israel (CPI)

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According the official website of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI), the intention to transfer the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem "provoked reactions of outrage" among the ranks of the CPI, including the members from the Joint List of the Democracy Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) in the parliamentary assembly of Israel, Knesset.
“Trump is a crazy pyromaniac capable of setting the entire region ablaze with his madness,” stated the leader of the Joint List, Members of Knesset (MK) Ayman Odeh. “If there is one thing that the past few days have proved, it’s that the US shouldn’t remain the sponsor for discussions between Israel and the Palestinians,” Odeh added. “If the Israeli government wishes for the world to recognize West Jerusalem as the Israel’s capital, all it needs to do is recognize East Jerusalem as the capital city of Palestine.”

Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash) attacked the decision of US president Donald Trump to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. “The decision to move the embassy cripples the peace process and the chances of reaching a diplomatic agreement in the region,” Touma-Sliman said. “As long as Israel refers to Jerusalem as a ‘united’ city and occupies the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Trump’s decision will significantly harm the rights of the Palestinian people to liberty and self-determination in its future capital, East Jerusalem.”
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas warned on Sunday, December 3, against US plans to relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying that such a move “would endanger the future of the political process in the region.” According to Palestine’s official news agency WAFA, Abbas expressed his outrage and concern in a meeting with a delegation from the Hadash in Ramallah. President Abbas added that Arab countries, including Palestine, and the international community would not recognize such a move by the US administration.
Earlier Sunday, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki called on the Arab League and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to convene to discuss the situation regarding Jerusalem. Al-Maliki warned that such a US move “would have grave consequences” and would “blow up the situation in the Palestinian territories and throughout the region.”
Jerusalem remains at the core of the perennial Israel-Palestine conflict, as Palestinians want Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent state of their own.
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Palestinian Communist Party (PCP)

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The statement reminded that the historical Zionist occupation of Palestinian land would not have occurred without the support of British and American imperialism forming this usurper entity, which since its inception is confiscating the land and deporting the people of Palestine.
The Communist Party of Palestine named the transfer of the US Embassy to Jerusalem as "a declaration of war" on the people of Palestine and its national cause. "This obliges us to unite and end the Palestinian division quickly and properly, the only viable option remaining before our people is massive resistance" said the statement.
It was observed that the American attack on the rights of the Palestinian people regarding its defeat "by the axis of resistance" in the region means that the arrogance of US policy is challanging the Palestinian people, free Arab nations and the world.
The statement underlined that the central focus in the face of the Trump attack is the masses of the Palestinian people, its national resistance. It said that this requires to draw a policy of confrontation including;
- Unifying of all factions on the Palestinian arena and the restoration of the PLO on the basis of a revolutionary democracy.
- Re-considering the Charter of the PLO and replacing the two-state solution with the one-state democratic solution, which requires a struggle by all means.
- Meeting all the factions of the national action to prepare for a third uprising, led by the factions of resistance.
- Emphasizing the need to overcome regional agendas or commitments.
- Giving a larger role for the masses through the people's congresses, a General People's Congress, in the homeland and among the diaspora, to draw a policy of confrontation.
- Resisting to the division of the Palestinian party concerning the Oslo commitments based on the Decisions of the General People's Congress.
The Palestinian CP ended the statement with the slogans "Long live Jerusalem, the eternal capital of an independent Palestinian state", "Freedom to the prisoners of the Palestinian Communist Party".
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In a press statement, the PPP said that the implementation of the US administration’s decision would have serious repercussion on the security and stability of the region, cutting away the chances of “political settlement” of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The decision was assessed as a blatant attack on the Palestinian people in their struggle for a independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem being its capital. The PPP underlined that the shrewd policy pursued by the US will lead to further ignition of chaos in the Middle East, especially in light of its efforts to impose “solutions” that do not meet the minimum rights of the Palestinian people.
The PPP called not to succumb to Trump’s blackmail policy and his administrations efforts to force the Palestinian leadership to deal with his vision of reviving the “peace process”. Pointing out to Israel’s projects to undermine the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, including the right to an independent state on the occupied territories since 1967, Jerusalem being its capital, the PPP stated the need for the US administration to play a positive role.
In order to resist US efforts to diminish the rights of the Palestinian people stipulated in all charters and resolutions of international legitimacy, the PPP called to accelarate the process of ending the division among Palestinian political actors, restoring a comprehensive national unity and adopting a strategy based on further escalation of the struggle. According the statement of the PPP, in the forefront, the popular resistance should be based on the international recognition of the State of Palestine in 2012 with Jerusalem as its capital.
Source: international communist press & maki.org.il.

https://communismgr.blogspot.gr/2017/12 ... nists.html
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Post by blindpig » Thu Dec 07, 2017 5:28 pm

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah backs call for new Palestinian intifada
Published time: 7 Dec, 2017 16:53
Edited time: 7 Dec, 2017 17:20

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FILE PHOTO: A man watches Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah © Jamal Saidi / Reuters

Lebanese Hezbollah has backed calls by the Palestinian armed group Hamas to launch a new uprising against Israel in response to the US recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state, Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader, said in a televised address.

“The most important response would be a Palestinian uprising and an Islamic summit that would declare Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Palestine,” Nasrallah said, as quoted by Lebanon’s Naharnet TV.

"We support the call for a new Palestinian intifada [uprising] and escalating the resistance which is the biggest, most important and gravest response to the American decision," he added.


Nasrallah also called for unity and support for the resistance among Muslims in the face of Wednesday’s announcement by President Donald Trump.

Earlier Thursday, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said “we should call for, and we should work on launching an intifada in the face of the Zionist enemy" in response to the US move.

Trump’s unilateral decision on recognizing the contested city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was taken despite the Palestinians viewing the eastern part of the city as the future capital of their sovereign state.

Nasrallah pointed out that Washington disregarded the Palestinians “although it is the guarantor of the agreements” between Israel and the Palestinians. Trump, by his announcement, told Israel that Jerusalem “is for you, and it is under your sovereignty,” Hezbollah's leader said.

He warned that Muslim people and their sacred sites in the city, including the al-Aqsa Mosque, are now in “extreme danger.”

“Do not be surprised if one day we wake up to find al-Aqsa Mosque demolished,” Nasrallah declared calling for a Monday rally in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. “What will be the fate of the Palestinian residents in Jerusalem? What will be the fate of the Palestinian properties in Jerusalem? Will they be appropriated or demolished?”

https://www.rt.com/news/412345-hezbolla ... palestine/

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Post by blindpig » Thu Dec 07, 2017 7:44 pm

Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel
Unilateral declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, by U.S. President, constitutes a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and international law

Author: Cubaminrex | internet@granma.cu
december 7, 2017 09:12:16
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba expresses its deepest concern and condemnation following the unilateral declaration by the President of the United States of the city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which constitutes a grave and flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, international law and UN resolutions.

The United States government’s intention to change the historic Jerusalem statutes threatens the legitimate interests of the Palestinian people and Arab and Islamic nations, will have grave consequences for the stability and the security of the Middle East, will further increase tensions in this region and hamper any efforts directed toward recommencing peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

Cuba calls on the Security Council to fulfill the responsibility afforded it by the UN Charter to maintain international peace and security, adopt necessary decisions and demand that Israel immediately end its occupation of Palestinian territory and of its aggressive policies and colonizing practices, as well as comply with resolutions approved by this body regarding the situation in the Middle East, including the issue of Palestine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirms that Cuba will continue supporting a broad, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian -Israeli conflict, on the basis of a two state solution, recognizing the right of the Palestinian people to free self-determination and a independent and sovereign state according to its pre-1967 borders, with its capital in Western Jerusalem.

December 6, 2017

http://en.granma.cu/cuba/2017-12-07/cub ... -of-israel
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Re: Palestine

Post by solidgold » Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:25 pm

Finally got this account working.

About time! Obama just sent Trump a congratulatory text.

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Post by blindpig » Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:52 pm

solidgold wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:25 pm
Finally got this account working.

About time! Obama just sent Trump a congratulatory text.
Good to see ya back. Several people were having trouble posting but Kid straightened it out a few weeks back.

Trump is yet to do anything a Dem wouldn't. They are all beasts, Trump just has fewer manners.
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Re: Palestine

Post by solidgold » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:50 pm

blindpig wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:52 pm
solidgold wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:25 pm
Finally got this account working.

About time! Obama just sent Trump a congratulatory text.
Good to see ya back. Several people were having trouble posting but Kid straightened it out a few weeks back.

Trump is yet to do anything a Dem wouldn't. They are all beasts, Trump just has fewer manners.
Now that Trump’s crossed Jerusalem off his list of “What Would Hillary Clinton Do?,” I wonder when he’ll send the troops into Assad’s home.

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Post by blindpig » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:59 pm

solidgold wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:50 pm
blindpig wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:52 pm
solidgold wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:25 pm
Finally got this account working.

About time! Obama just sent Trump a congratulatory text.
Good to see ya back. Several people were having trouble posting but Kid straightened it out a few weeks back.

Trump is yet to do anything a Dem wouldn't. They are all beasts, Trump just has fewer manners.
Now that Trump’s crossed Jerusalem off his list of “What Would Hillary Clinton Do?,” I wonder when he’ll send the troops into Assad’s home.
Dunno about that, that particular gambit is about played out, Syria has won this round, the US proxies have been abandoned/are in disarray. Palestine is gonna dominate action in that sphere. The butt-hurt imperialist proly gonna look around for a quick score and I'm sure President Maduro has his bunny ears on. After the Marines got blown to shit for that bit of arrogance Raygun invaded Grenada....
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