Peace No Closer as Netanyahu, Abbas Emerge Unscathed at UN - Businessweek: "Netanyahu responded more positively to the initiative by the Quartet, comprised of the U.S., UN, European Union and Russia. He will begin consultations today with his ministers on issuing a formal response, according to an Israeli official who spoke anonymously because he wasn’t authorized to speak on the record.
The Quartet proposal came after Abbas spoke at the UN General Assembly on Sept. 23 and called on the Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state and grant it full UN membership.
Israeli Satisfaction
Israeli officials expressed satisfaction with developments at the UN, especially the speech by U.S. President Barack Obama stressing Israel’s security needs and not mentioning settlements or referring to the 1967 borders, two issues of contention.
“This was a political win for Netanyahu, most importantly the Obama speech which was a reconciliation with the U.S. on his own terms, and the failure of the Palestinians to bring a vote on their statehood initiative to the Security Council,” said Gerald Steinberg, political scientist at Bar Ilan University outside Tel Aviv."
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Sept 21, 2015 International Day of Peace Celebration at Lyceum University Cavite, Philippines
Ambassador Zara Bayla Juan, Sailing for Peace #PeaceDay
