Archive for September, 2011

Do you support Palestinian bid for UN membership?

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.

The last round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down a year ago.

Since then, the Palestinians have launched a campaign to join the UN as a full member state with international recognition based on their 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as a capital.

The UN begins its annual General Assembly general debate in New York on 21 September, 2012

Do you support the Obama American Jobs Act?

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

On September 8th, 2011 US President Obama addressed a Joint Session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington and presented the American Jobs Act.  More detail on the White House site.  Do you support it? Vote at http://bit.ly/pwcXun 

Summary of the Bill at http://1.usa.gov/qfe8IG

Should Israel apologize to Turkey over flotilla raid?

Sunday, September 4th, 2011

A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Friday Sept 2nd, 2011 it was expelling the Israeli ambassador and cutting military ties with Israel over the last year’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and Israel’s refusal to apologize.

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon says his country has nothing to apologize for and that it has done all it could to avoid a crisis with Turkey.