Excerpt From Blog Post:Arlene Kushner
Before Shabbat begins, I want to touch base on a handful of subjects, most mentioned yesterday:
The UN vote on Goldstone was taken, and, as we knew it would, it passed. Attempts by Western nations to negotiate with the Arab states a compromise resolution failed. The Arabs figured they had enough third world votes to put it through and simply proceeded. The vote: 114-18, with 44 abstentions. Israel and the United States, voted against, of course, as did Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the Czech Republic. That leaves 12 other states that also voted nay, and I have not yet been able to identify them.
The European vote, disappointingly, was split, with both Britain and France -- craven in their inability to take a stand -- simply abstaining.
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