This article is to be read to the tune of the following clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu-7DXBiVsA
We have autonomous rule, but we don't have independence. عنا حكم ذاتي بس معناش استقلال
There is and isn't occupation. في وما في احتلال
There is and isn't occupation في وما في احتلال
There is and isn't occupation في وما في احتلال
There is and isn't occupation في وما في احتلال
See you in September راح تشوف في سبتمبر
See you when the summer's through خليني اشوفك بعد الصيف
Here we are (bye, baby, goodbye) هيا نا باي باي مع السلامة
Saying goodbye at the station (bye, baby, goodbye) قول سلامات على المحطة باي باي بباي
Summer vacation (bye, baby bye, baby) باي باي لعطلة الصيف
Is taking you away (bye, baby, goodbye) الحكي لالك باي باي بباي
Have a good time but remember اقضي وقتا ممتعا لكن تذكر
There is danger in the summer moon above في خطر فوق عند القمر الصيفي
Will I see you in September الى اللقاء في سبتمبر
Or lose you to a summer love او صيع حبك الصيفي
(counting the days 'til I'll be with you) عد الايام حتى موعد لقائنا
(counting the hours and the minutes, too) عد الساعات والدقائق ايضا
Bye, baby, goodbyeباي باي بباي
Bye, baby, goodbye باي باي بباي
Bye, baby, goodbye (bye-bye, so long, farewell) باي باي بباي ووداع طويل
Bye, baby, goodbye (bye-bye, so long) باي باي بباي ووداع طويل
Abbas: Palestinians to ask for UN recognition if peace talks fail
PA President threatens to quit in September if peace talks with Israel don't move forward, urges Israel to 'take advantage' of the current 'order' in the West Bank.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been dropping hints that he will leave his post in September should negotiations with Israel not resume by then, and should there be no agreement about the establishment of a Palestinian state.
During a meeting in Ramallah with members of the Council for Peace and Security (who include former top IDF officers ), Abbas declared that the PA intends to work toward the establishment of a Palestinian state, and to win Israeli recognition for such a state. However, he indicated, if no accord is reached between the two sides, and if serious talks do not resume, the PA will turn to the UN General Assembly in September and request recognition of an independent Palestinian state.
Asked about possible scenarios following such a UN vote, Abbas claimed he is deliberately maintaining ambiguity on this issue. Yet, he said, "should we return [from the United Nations] empty-handed, we will convene a meeting of the Palestinian leadership and decide what to do. We have autonomous rule, but we don't have independence. There is and isn't occupation. The [Israeli occupiers] can come at any moment. They can invade our territories. They can do anything. They can even stop me, as head of the PA, from going home."
"So what are we supposed to do?" he asked. "What should be our answer, if we have lost all hope? I can't respond to that."
Abbas reiterated that the PA will only turn to the UN General Assembly if it runs out of all other options.
"If you [Israelis] do not want negotiations, and don't want an accord, then what are we supposed to do?" he said. "We have imposed order and security here for the past four years, and things are stable now: There is law and order, the economy is progressing, life is normal everywhere in the West Bank. Please, you must take advantage of the opportunity to continue [with talks]. If [the Israelis] don't want [talks], then we will leave. We will leave."
When asked by Haaretz whether he means by these statements that the Palestinian Authority will be disassembled, Abbas responded that he did not say that. He clarified that under the present circumstances, the question "why continue this way" is asked repeatedly.
