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Palestinian Solidarity Day - The UN's Annual Attempt to Turn Back the Clock
(Fox News) Anne Bayefsky - The UN General Assembly on Tuesday marked the anniversary of Nov. 29, 1947, when it adopted the partition resolution, as an "International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People." UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement that announced: "The Palestinian Authority is now institutionally ready to assume the responsibilities of statehood." No matter that the Palestinian gambit for UN recognition of statehood violates UN resolutions, the Roadmap, bilateral agreements and repeated international and bilateral commitments to negotiations. Ban also said, "Jerusalem must emerge from negotiations as the capital of two states" - despite noting that "the goal" was "a negotiated peace agreement on all final status issues including...Jerusalem." And Ban called "settlement activity" "contrary to international law," while explaining to "those in Gaza who fire rockets at Israel and smuggle weapons" that "these actions are unacceptable and contrary to Palestinian interests."