Thursday 13 December 2012

UN's 'half-recognition' of Palestine reflects unjust world: Mahathir

Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today the United Nations' 'half-recognition' of Palestine was reflective of the strong taking what they will and the weak giving in what they must.

Not according full recognition to Palestine was proof that people were living in a world where there was no justice, where the rule of law prevailed not, and where might was right, he said.

"There was no state of Israel where it is now. There was only the state of Palestine then. Now there is a state of Israel but no state of Palestine. Why?

"Because Israel, this artificial creation of the West, together with its satellite, the United States of America, is against acknowledging the existence of the state of Palestine," he said in his latest entry in his blog at chedet.cc today.

Dr Mahathir said there was only a Palestinian Authority, a meaningless entity found nowhere else in the world and this entity was not allowed to collect all the taxes due to it.

"Generously", Israel and the United States undertook to collect the taxes for the Palestinian Authority, he added. "The taxes obviously belong to the Palestinians.

Now, to punish the Palestinians for seeking to be half-recognised by the United Nations, Israel and the United States threaten not to hand over the taxes they had collected to the rightful owner," he said.

He said arm-twisting like this was totally unacceptable, especially by the so-called democratic countries, but this open manifestation of hypocrisy was only to be expected.

"In all the dealings regarding the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, there has never been any instance when justice and fair play have been shown.

"Always it is about the strong taking what they will and the weak giving in what they must. This is the world in which we live today," he said. – Bernama

http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/12/13/half-recognition-of-palestine-reflects-an-unjust-world-says-former-pm/

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