A crippled Palestine: Rises up to its feet

On November 29, 2012, sixty five years to the day of the 1947 UN General Assembly decision to partition British-mandate Palestine between Israel and an Arab state, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to raise the status of Palestine from ‘observer entity’ to ‘non-member observer state’.

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‘...these countries are not PERSONALLY ANGRY WITH US’ – Part II:

Petrie: A dishonest piece of work

I am genuinely sorry about the speech that was made by my friend, the Hon. R. Sampanthan, one of the longest serving Members of this House for whom I have great respect. And it is a matter for deep regret that he is not even present here to listen to what I have to say in answer to him. The Hon. R. Sampanthan found fault with my Ministry for criticizing the ‘Petrie Report.’

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