UN General Assembly voting on status of Palestine in U.N. NOW (LIVE VIDEO)

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BEST FEEDS, in English-->
Al-Jazeera:
http://www.aljazeera.com/watch_now/
RT
http://rt.com/on-air/un-palestine-status-bid/
CNN (you may have to select the stream):
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/tab/live#/video/cvplive/cvpstream1


Today's date was chosen to hold the vote in commemoration of Resolution 181, made by the United Nations sixty-five years ago, today.

Up to the minute Tweets on #UN, #Palestine

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Other Feeds:
(untranslated) Times of Israel:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/watch-live-feed-of-the-united-nations/
United Nations(not always the best feed):
http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/general-assembly:-44th-plenary-meeting-question-of-palestine/1674583185001

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1. Updated feed links, CNN is best (and in English). Representative of Sudan speaking now. nt

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[ChisolmTrailDem]

2. Mahmud Abbas up now.

Another link w/translation: http://rt.com/on-air/un-palestine-status-bid/

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4. Thank you!

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3. President Abbas now beginning his speech. nt

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5. Al-Jazeera has a better feed.

http://www.aljazeera.com/watch_now/

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6. Thank you! Updated OP!

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7. Israeli representative now speaking. nt

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8. Israeli representative lashing out at the UN General Assembly from podium:

-Claims Jerusalem as Israel's capitol
-Claims the resolution is one-sided
-Smack-talks (not making this up) about President Abbas
-Claims Abbas ignores history
-Claims Arabs wanted to throw "Jews into the sea" (his quote)


Dayum! I'm not even going to bother keeping up. This is going to be going on for a while.

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9. LOL, he's berating the rest of the UN. I.e. "Rest of the world" Never seen that one!

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11. Just finishes speaking. Only people clapping were, I shit you not, one group in the gallery.

All sitting together. Al_Jazeera cut to them, it was classic.



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10. Long overdue. nt

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12. Al Jazeera commentators are projecting 140/150 votes out of ~190 UN members. nt

Indonesian representative speaking now, but I'm watching the AJ stream and they're doing commentary until Ban Ki-Moon speaks.

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13. Voting now! nt

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14. VOTE PASSES Yes 138, No 9, Abstain 41 nt

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15. Which are the other 7 NO countries?

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16. Holy shit, I just found out- get used to a "Coalition of the Willing" flashback:

US, Israel, Panama, Palau, Canada, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Czech Republic, Micronesia



What the fuck happened to Vanatu?



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17. The US can't afford to buy really good countries anymore.

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18. From one citizen of a declining empire to another, a lugubrious nod.

Like a scene out of I, Claudius.



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19. That's great. Good for them.