South Sudan slams Hamas PM’s remark, demands apology

October 6, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The Republic of South Sudan has strongly censured remarks in which Ismail Haniya, Prime Minister of the ousted Hamas’s government in Gaza strip, reportedly described the newly independent country as “a foundling state.”

According to a report published by the daily Sudanese newspaper Al-Ahdath last week, Haniya was delivering a Friday prayer sermon on 30 October when he described South Sudan as a “foundling state” as he strongly advocated the view that Palestinians should seek to establish their state through armed struggle not at the UN General Assembly.

“We have not heard in history that states were established through international resolutions, even this foundling state in South Sudan, which was severed from Sudan’s main homeland, did not come to exist through a UN resolution but rather through fighting and agreements,” he was quoted.

Haniya further said that establishing a Palestinian state with its capital Jerusalem is the goal of all Palestinian people, stressing that it is not acceptable that a Palestinian state be established in exchange for ceding a span of the hand of Palestinian territories.”

http://www.sudantribune.com/South-Sudan-slams-Hamas-PM-s,40356

It'll be interesting to see how they vote in the General Assembly. I did google to see if I could find out, but only found this article which talks of some lofty aspirations of South Sudan in helping to bring peace to the region, which would account for the annoyance at being brought up by Haniya.

http://af.reuters.com/article/topnews/idafjoe76f01320110716

CAIRO, August 6, 2011 (WAFA) – South Sudan announced Friday that it intends to recognize an independent Palestinian state within 1967 borders at the United Nations General Assembly when it comes up for a vote in September, according to Deng Alor, South Sudan's foreign minister.

He said that it is in his country's best interest to recognize Israel and a Palestinian state since both have already recognized South Sudan after if declared independence last month.

'We will recognize any state that recognizes us,' he said.

This announcement came in spite of official Israeli request from South Sudan to refrain from supporting the Palestinian bid to gain UN recognition in September.

http://www.wafa.ps/english/index.php?action=detail&id=16902

just because of the way they were born.

If they would discriminate against myself or my friends for kissing each other on their street.

Then should not be recognized by my country AT ALL.


SO SOUTH SUDAN OR GAZA OR PALESTINE SHOULD NOT BE RECOGNIZED UNDER SUCH ATROCIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.

GOT IT ??

GOOD....

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I'm not sure what yr country is, but I suspect whatever it is, it did recognise South Sudan, and that yr country is one where discrimination against LGBTers happens....

There'd be quite a few issues where I strongly disagree with the stance of new countries, including LGBT rights, the death penalty and reproductive rights for women. But denying people their right of self-determination isn't the way to go. The way to go is fighting and gaining those rights within the framework of the new state...

Can you offer some examples if you believe there are any?

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The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation established as a symbolic political protest by a group of gay rights activists based in southeast Queensland Australia. Declared in 2004 in response to the Australian government's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages, it was founded on a group of uninhabited islets on the Great Barrier Reef.<2> It is an expression of Queer nationalism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_and_Lesbian_Kingdom_of_the_Coral_Sea_Islands

Canada and Argentina do, and I'm surprised that Europe doesn't recognise gay marriage...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory

concerning Gays

No western liberal democracy should.I hope this mistake is not repeated.

in prison BTW how many settlements does Israel have in South Sudan?

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Homosexuality was legalized in the WB in 1956( 1951 when Jordan legalised it) and in Israel 1963. Gaza on the other hand considers homosexuality a crime when its between men but legal between women.

That said, despite its legalality Gays are heavily persecuted and discriminated against on both a private and official government level. They face physical harm including death due to such intolerance.

execution of a Homosexual in the West Bank?

The usual complete lack of any sense of Irony too, the PM of Hamas, the rulers of the autonomous territory of Gaza, says S. Sudan is a "foundling state".

(Hamas = irrelevance, Haniyeh = sickly)

Same idea though.

Even when I do it. Amounts to expressing vague negativity.

Nevertheless, I think the weakening of Hamas could be very significant.