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"Israel and the U.S. Should Support Palestine UN Membership" - A Response by Jose Ramos-Horta |
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Posted 9/19/2011 at 1:17 PM by Bryan B in Laureates News
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Palestine has submitted to become a full acting member of the United Nations. Arguments by both Israel and the United States have been made as why to deny their membership. Nobel Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta recently wrote a response on Huffington post International FULL ARTICLE HERE
Jose Ramos-Horta wrote:
The Palestinians, having waited for 20 years since the Oslo Accords, that promised them a full sovereign Palestinian State living along side with the state of Israel, have decided to seek full UN membership status now. They have every right to do so and I do not see how a Palestinian State that is a full member of the UN would be detrimental to Israel and US interests. Full UN membership carries with it not only rights but in equal manner duties and responsibilities, among them, the obligation to not allow its territory to be used to launch attacks on other countries. |
Jose Ramos-Horta wrote:
To my friends in Israel and the US, I will say, do not oppose Palestinian UN membership; support it instead. Provide the financial means the Palestinian leaders need to turn their economy around. Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu told me in his office in Jerusalem earlier this year that he wanted to see an economically prosperous Palestinian state. I believe he meant it. Now is his chance to show vision and bold leadership by endorsing Palestinian UN membership, lift the Gaza blockade, and facilitate trade. |
As the debate and negotiations begin it will be critical to look at the responsibilities of being a member of the UN and the benefit it can hold for a country.
Jose Ramos-Horta wrote:
After more than 60 years of absence, to a great extent due to past Palestinian and Arab leaderships miscalculations, it is time that the five million Palestinians living in West Bank and Gaza, and the many others scattered in the region and elsewhere, see their national flag hoisted along aside that of other powers of the world, great and small, rich and poor. |
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