Thank you sir ! May I Have Another?

By Associated Press.

JERUSALEM — Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations’ endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies.

It was the second act of reprisal since the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to support the Palestinians’ statehood initiative. The following day, Israel announced it would start drawing up plans to build thousands of settlement homes, including the first-ever residential developments on a sensitive piece of land near Jerusalem.
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Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas returned home Sunday to a hero’s welcome in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Some 5,000 people thronged a square outside his headquarters, hoisting Palestinian flags and cheering. Large posters of the Palestinian leader, whose popularity had plummeted in recent months, adorned nearby buildings.

“We now have a state,” he said to wild applause. “The world has said loudly, ‘Yes to the state of Palestine.’”

Abbas warned of “creative punishments” by Israel. Referring to the latest settlement construction plans, he said, “We have to realize that your victory has provoked the powers of war, occupation and settlements because their isolation is deepened.”
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We now have a state.
And all the withheld money in the world will not change that...

Heh. Go Palestine!