Sunday, October 21, 2012

Faded hopes of Palestinian place at UN

Jon Donnison 

Men celebrating in Ramallah 
A year ago on a warm September evening in Ramallah, Palestinians were dancing in the streets.

Car horns blared as people craned out of their sunroofs waving red, black, green and white Palestinian flags.

The crowds had just watched President Mahmoud Abbas, live on a giant screen from New York, as he told the United Nations he was heading to the Security Council to ask for Palestine to be admitted as a member state.

Crowds gather round a giant blue chair

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19508827
                                              


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