Palestinian vote tomorrow in France, Sarkozy urges a no vote

[Ognir]

Cukierman head of the French ADL (CRIC)

Who's your daddy 

[Idaho Kid]

Ognir, any sense of how the vote will go?  I dearly hope they stuff the Jews and Israhell.  Any chance you and Del getting together for a European Report?  Be well.

[Ognir]

as far as I know, a bunch of countries are going to say "YES"

there is no way they can't


but but the pledge 

[rmstock]

Middle East
France to go ahead with Palestine vote, urges swift end to conflict
Date 28.11.2014
http://www.dw.de/france-to-go-ahead-with-palestine-vote-urges-swift-end-to-conflict/a-18100172

  "France has warned that if the international community fails to
   resolve the Middle East impasse, it would recognize Palestine as a
   state. French lawmakers are set to hold a vote on Palestine
   nationhood on December 2.



   Ignoring Israeli condemnation of the planned non-binding vote,
   French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told parliament on Friday
   his country would "do what it takes by recognizing without delay
   the Palestinian state" and urged the global community to speed up
   its efforts to resolve the protracted conflict.

   "At the United Nations, we are working with our partners to adopt a
   Security Council resolution to relaunch and conclude talks. A
   deadline of two years is the one most often mentioned and the
   French government can agree with this," Laurent told the French
   parliament.

   "An international conference could be organized. France is prepared
   to take the initiative on this and in these talks, recognition (of
   the Palestinian state) would be an instrument ... for the definitive
   solution to the conflict," he said, adding that Paris hoped that
   all main players in the conflict - including the European Union,
   the Arab League and all permanent members of the UN Security
   Council - would come together to find a solution to the Middle East
   crisis.

   "If these efforts fail, if this last attempt at a negotiated
   settlement does not work, then France will have to do its duty and
   recognize the state of Palestine," stressed the French foreign
   minister.

   Ahead of the vote, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said
   it would be a "grave mistake" by France to recognize Palestine.

   "Do they have nothing better to do at a time of beheadings across
   the Middle East, including that of a French citizen?" Netanyahu
   told reporters on November 23.

   Support for the Palestinian state

   Earlier on Friday, the French parliamentarians debated the December
   2 vote. A similar resolution was approved by British lawmakers on
   October 3, by the Spanish parliament on November 18, and Sweden
   formally recognized the state of Palestine on October 3.

   A poll conducted by IFOP (French Institute of Public Opinion)
   showed 63 percent of the French population in favor of an
   independent Palestinian state.

   Palestinians seek statehood in the lands captured by Israeli in a
   war in 1967 - the occupied West Bank and blockaded Gaza Strip, with
   East Jerusalem as the capital. The Palestinian leadership is
   planning to submit to the Security Council a draft resolution
   calling for a complete Israeli withdrawal from all conquered
   territory in 2016.

   shs/sb (Reuters, AFP)"

[Idaho Kid]

French lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favour of recognising Palestine as a state, following similar moves in Britain and Spain as European countries try to restart the stalled Middle East peace process.
http://www.france24.com/en/20141202-french-legislators-pass-symbolic-motion-recognise-palestine-state/

The non-binding, but highly symbolic National Assembly vote urges the government to recognise Palestine as state, reflecting growing European impatience with the stalled Middle East peace process.

MPs voted 339 to 151 in favour of the motion calling upon the French government to recognise the state of Palestine "as an instrument to gain a definitive resolution of the conflict".

Reporting from the National Assembly shortly after the vote, FRANCE 24's Armen Georgian noted that while the motion was expected to pass, the number of votes in favour revealed "a very clear majority" of French lawmakers supported the move by the ruling Socialist Party.

The vote came despite the opposition from the centre-right UMP party, whose newly-elected leader, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, urged his party members to vote against the motion.