It's rather funny how so many
countries who recognize Palestine abstained from the vote and in the case of the Czech Republic even voted no.
I feel ashamed to be an American
Israel has retaliated for the UNESCO recognition by accelerating settlement construction within their biblical homeland of east Jerusalem and the West Bank
me thinks it is time for Israel to simply annex Samaria and Judea and let the chips fall where they may
You do know how hypocritical and ridiculous an American sounds when he justifies possession of a territory based on ancient history?
I must remind again that this Palestinian state won't accept Palestinian refugees (even those living INSIDE the Palestinian state) and it wants to be a "pure" (Arab Muslim only) state. A decent chunk of the state isn't under the control of the people proclaiming this new state and the people that do rule that chunk are against this entire charade. ALL of the people voting against it at the UN want there to be a Palestinian state, even the US and Israel, but not this back door way. It needs to be done the right way, with everybody involved sitting down at the table and hammering something out. This is simply a political move used to reinforce to the "believers" that Israel and the US (always conveniently ignoring everybody else that is saying "no" too) are always wrong and the fun loving Palestinians just want to live in their own state in peace.
Now pick the part you think you might be able to get me on and ignore the rest. May I suggest the last line? Those first few are (apparently) really hard to spin.
Most of your other points have been addressed, so I'll limit myself to the underlined part: you really think that Israel wants an independent Palestinian state?
