Elder of Ziyon Daily Digest |
- Statehood bid scares away investors in PA
- Abbas is formally demanding 1947 lines! (updated, corrected)
- Hezbollah "news" claims Netanyahu comes from the Sudan!
| Statehood bid scares away investors in PA Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:30 AM PDT Palestine Today quotes the Financial Times as saying that the UN statehood stunt is already scaring away potential investors in the Palestinian Arab areas. It quotes Jihad Wazir, governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority, as saying that since the statehood bid was announced, there has been a marked slowdown in economic activity in the West Bank. At least one foreign investment deal from the UAE and a bank merger has been postponed due to the uncertainly that the bid has brought. 
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| Abbas is formally demanding 1947 lines! (updated, corrected) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:54 PM PDT In recent weeks, everyone has been anticipating what exactly Mahmoud Abbas would be demanding from the UN in his statehood stunt. Most of the comments made by the Palestinian Arab side was that the demand would be for a state on the so-called "1967 border" (really 1949 armistice lines.) But the actual text of his request demands much, much more. This is the text of the formal application to join the UN given by Mahmoud Abbas to Ban Ki Moon: Excellency,The 1988 "Declaration of Independence" does not define what territories are "occupied" by Israel, and indeed it implies that all of Israel is occupied Palestinian Arab land. But it does reference UNGA 181. But more important is his reference to the UNGA resolution 181 (II)*.  UNGA 181, which is of course non-binding, includes four sections. Part I includes details on an "economic union" between the two states, and says things like the Jews who live in Jerusalem would be allowed to vote in elections for the Jewish state, and that holy places must be open to all without reservation. Those parts are not what he is including.Part II, the only part he is including*, draws the boundaries for the two states - the Jewish state and the Arab state. Part III, not included in Abbas' bid*, defines Jerusalem's boundaries as a separate international city, which includes Bethlehem and other areas. The formal request is to now to extend "Palestine" way beyond the Green Line. By referring specifically to part II of UNGA 181, Abbas is telling the world that "Palestine" must include a great deal of land that is internationally recognized to be Israeli. By not including part III, he is claiming all of Jerusalem and its western suburbs. Not to mention Ashkelon and Ashdod. All of that "1967 border" talk is now proven to be a lie. The official, formal request for a state of "Palestine" is a demand to take land away from another sovereign state. If this doesn't cause the Security Council to unanimously vote against it without requiring a US veto, then the UN will prove itself to be an utterly worthless organization. UPDATE: T34 notes that the UNGA resolution 43/177 referred to here does mention the 1967 borders: It says, in part: 1. Acknowledges the proclamation of the State of Palestine by the Palestine National Council on 15 November 1988;However, notice that the letter only says " the acknowledgement by the General Assembly of this declaration [of independence] in resolution 43/177 of 15 December 1988" and not the part of the resolution that mentions the 1967 lines! This looks very deliberate. *CORRECTION: The reference to UNGA 181(II) does not refer to Part II of the resolution, but to the fact that it was the second session of the General Assembly. See here. So while he does not seem to be excluding the parts of UNGA 181 that note the separate status of Jerusalem or the free access to holy places, there is still nothing in the formal request for admission to the UN that refers to 1967 lines. The only borders specifically referred to in the letter are still the 1947 proposed lines. His speech did refer to the "1967 borders." The letter that accompanied the formal bid only refers to the "1967 borders" in the context of what other nations recognize, not what he is demanding:   At the very least, there is nothing in the formal PLO bid that refers to 1967 borders, and there is some indication that it refers to 1947 lines. (h/t AB) 
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| Hezbollah "news" claims Netanyahu comes from the Sudan! Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT The Al Manar network that is run by Hezbollah has a scoop! It says that Israel's Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, was actually born in northern Sudan. His real name, we are told, is Attallah Abdul Rahman al-Shaul, and his family owned large amount of land there and were prominent in import/export. They fled the Sudan when Jaafar Nimieri took over the country in 1969 and he went to Israel. The article says that Netanyahu was 15 when his family moved, although it also says (accurately) that he was born in 1949; Nimieri took over Sudan in 1969. It also says that his knowledge of Arabic and Nubian came in handy as he joined the IDF. Now you know! (h/t Womble) 
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