{"id":572,"date":"2012-12-02T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/crowe-congratulates-palestine-on-successful-vote-in-the-un\/"},"modified":"2012-12-02T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T20:25:08","slug":"crowe-congratulates-palestine-on-successful-vote-in-the-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/crowe-congratulates-palestine-on-successful-vote-in-the-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowe congratulates Palestine on successful vote in the UN"},"content":{"rendered":"
Crowe congratulates Palestine on successful vote in the UN<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, has welcomed yesterdays vote in the UN General Assembly which voted in favour of granting the Palestinian State non-member observer status of the UN.<\/span><\/p>\n

The vote which took place yesterday coincided with the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deputy Crowe said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to congratulate the Palestinian Authority in securing an upgrade in Palestine\u2019s status in the UN. The vote on upgrading Palestine\u2019s status was taken in the UN General Assembly and it was supported by a resounding majority. This vote shows the real support and good will that exists for the Palestinian people, and their legitimate right to self-determination and freedom from oppression.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile this development doesn\u2019t give the Palestinian State full membership status of the UN, it gives weight to Palestine\u2019s right to exist along the pre-1967 borders, which includes Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem; territory which Israel captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the successful vote will not immediately change the situation on the ground in Palestine, it is highly significant. As Palestine now has non-member status of the UN it can join a variety of international and UN agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Palestinian Authority brought this bid for UN recognition of their State as a last-ditch attempt to rescue the troubled efforts to secure peace through a two-state solution. Peace talks in the region have stalled because of Israel\u2019s continued construction of illegal settlement colonies in the West Bank and its blockade and bombing of Gaza. The lack of any pressure on Israel to stop these illegal acts, from the international community, prolonged this historic impasse.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI commend the Irish Government for backing Palestine\u2019s bid, and all the other Governments which chose to support this reasonable proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis vote also shows the strong international consensus that a two-state solution to the conflict, which would see a sovereign and independent Palestine and Israel living side-by-side, is the most viable route to peace.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOn this historic day, I call on the Israeli Government to acknowledge the right of the Palestinian people to national self-determination, immediately lift the illegal blockade of Gaza, stop the construction of illegal settlement colonies in the West Bank, and began inclusive and productive peace talks with the elected representatives of the Palestinian people\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n


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