Israel Asks U.S. for Support at U.N. Over Barrier

[Khephra]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has asked Washington to block any U.N. Security Council resolution that would act on Friday's World Court ruling that Israel's West Bank barrier is illegal, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Saturday.

``The issue will go to the Security Council because the (Palestinians) can muster an automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly,'' Shalom told Israel Radio.

He said he had just spent a week in the United States trying to stop the ``all out party'' he expected the Palestinians to seek to arrange at the Security Council. ``I am therefore assuming ... that there is a good chance there will be a veto,'' he added.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-mideast.html

[SOS]

1. Why does Israel need to bother asking?

Vote will be 14-1, with a US veto. Why would this vote be any different from all the others?

[Merlin]

2. So true.

So sad.

[tlcandie]

6. ditto!

pathetic!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Just one more....

Vote will be 14-1, with a US veto. Why would this vote be any different from all the others?

Wow!! Say it ain't so Joe... according to this.... we shoulda invaded decades ago.

A list of UN Resolutions against "Israel"

* 1955-1992:

http://www.middleeastnews.com/unresolutionslist.html

[ugarte]

4. Here we go again, I can hear the tired refrain

"Criticize Israel, you're an anti-Semite."

"Fight Israel, you're a terrorist."

"Israel is little, Israel is weak."

[randome]

5. You forgot one.

"Israel is surrounded by its enemies."

Never mind that they put themselves in that position in the first place.

Edtd fr speling.

[Big Blue Marble]

7. ...and Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. N/T

[Concordance]

10. maybe by American definition of democracy.....

You say, "and Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East." Yeah, by American standards and definition of democracy. As we are all finding out, American definition democracy differs quite a lot from definition of democracy in Europe, south America, or even southeast Asia. look at North Korea and Germany. Both have a socialist government. But are they the same. Heck, "D" in DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) stands for Democratic, but is North Korea really democratic? Exactly!

[Malva Zebrina]

8. You can add to that

never forget.

kill them all.

[dand]

9. Israel can always rely on the other Fascist Country for support

the good old USA, her politicians are wholly owned by Israel, if you don't believe me ask Sharon, he said it too.