Israel Plays Down Significance of Palestinians’ U.N. Bid

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netanyahu-spokesman-mark-regev1With Western support swelling in favor of a Palestinian bid for enhanced status at the United Nations, Israel engaged in damage control on Wednesday, a day before the vote.

Israeli officials began to play down the significance of a draft resolution that calls for the upgrading of the Palestinian status from observer to nonmember observer state – a move also opposed by the United States. Israel has also toned down its threats of countermeasures after the vote in the General Assembly, which is virtually certain to pass, aware that a harsh reaction would only isolate it further.

“The United Nations General Assembly will pass a one-sided anti-Israel resolution that should come as a surprise to nobody, and certainly not to anyone in Israel,” said Mark Regev, an Israeli government spokesman. “We always said that the reality was that the Palestinians have an automatic majority in the General Assembly.”

While Mr. Regev acknowledged “a certain amount of disappointment” over the decision of some friendly European countries to support the Palestinians or abstain from the vote, he said: “Ultimately what we will see at the United Nations is diplomatic theater. It will in no way affect the realities on the ground.”

Israel’s response, he said, will be “proportionate” to how the Palestinians act after the vote.

Read more at THE NEW YORK TIMES.

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  1. It’s a shame! But in reality if Iran, Qatar and their ilk have presence in this weird international forum of who knows what then why not the Palestinians? Will the Palentinians then be the only nation without teritorial borders in that stupid body? Why not just disband the whole thing? It serves no purpose at all!

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