Comments - What Happened in Iceland in 2008 with the IMF? - 12160 Social Network2024-03-28T13:52:42Zhttps://12160.info/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2649739%3ABlogPost%3A1532163&xn_auth=nocriticized decision by the Re…tag:12160.info,2015-09-19:2649739:Comment:15885412015-09-19T17:02:28.669ZBurbiahttps://12160.info/profile/Burbia
criticized decision by the Reykjavik City Council this week to boycott Israeli products will be retracted, Reykjavik Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson said Saturday, according to local website Iceland Monitor.<br />
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The proposal will be amended to indicate that the Council will be boycotting only those goods produced “in occupied areas,” the website reported, citing the mayor.<br />
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On Tuesday, the Reykjavik City Council voted in favor of a general boycott of Israeli goods “as long as the occupation of…
criticized decision by the Reykjavik City Council this week to boycott Israeli products will be retracted, Reykjavik Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson said Saturday, according to local website Iceland Monitor.<br />
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The proposal will be amended to indicate that the Council will be boycotting only those goods produced “in occupied areas,” the website reported, citing the mayor.<br />
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On Tuesday, the Reykjavik City Council voted in favor of a general boycott of Israeli goods “as long as the occupation of Palestinian territories continues,” Iceland Magazine reported.<br />
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Council members said the boycott was a symbolic act demonstrating the Icelandic capital’s support for Palestinian statehood and condemnation of Israel’s “policy of apartheid.”<br />
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Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned the move, and, in an apparent reference to Iceland’s status as a hotbed of volcanic activity, said “a volcano of hatred spews forth from the Reykjavik city council building.<br />
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“For no reason or justification, except hatred for its own sake, calls of boycotting the state of Israel are heard,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “We hope someone in Iceland will come to their senses and end the one-sided blindness fielded against Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East.”<br />
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On Thursday Iceland’s Foreign Ministry distanced itself from the decision, saying the move was “not in line” with the country’s foreign policy.<br />
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Speaking to The Times of Israel, a spokesperson of the island nation’s government said that: “The Ministry for Foreign Affairs wishes to underline that the City Council’s decision is not in line with Iceland’s foreign policy nor does it reflect on Iceland’s relations with the State of Israel.”<br />
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Earlier Saturday, before the retraction was announced, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announced that he published an op-ed in two Icelandic publications entitled “The Hypocrisy of [a] Boycott.”<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/iceland-capital-retracts-decision-to-boycott-israel/" target="_blank">http://www.timesofisrael.com/iceland-capital-retracts-decision-to-b...</a></p> Athenian *Direct* Democracy t…tag:12160.info,2015-01-31:2649739:Comment:15325752015-01-31T23:49:27.458ZPatriot Petehttps://12160.info/profile/PeterMacPatriot
<p>Athenian *Direct* Democracy that should have been, getting the right answers from the people rather than the politicians, the IMF or any other NWO conglomerate </p>
<p>Athenian *Direct* Democracy that should have been, getting the right answers from the people rather than the politicians, the IMF or any other NWO conglomerate </p> "Icelanders voted overwhelmi…tag:12160.info,2015-01-31:2649739:Comment:15326502015-01-31T23:43:06.904ZPatriot Petehttps://12160.info/profile/PeterMacPatriot
<p><em><span> "Icelanders voted overwhelmingly to pay off foreign creditors gradually, rather than all at once through austerity. Iceland’s economy has largely recovered, while Greece’s teeters on collapse."</span></em><a href="http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-9-no-4-2014/75-conference-paper/520-the-crash-course-from-iceland#_edn3" name="_ednref3" rel="nofollow" title=""><i><span><span><br></br></span></span></i></a></p>
<p>How many nations get a chance to vote like this ? Way to go Iceland.…</p>
<p><em><span> "Icelanders voted overwhelmingly to pay off foreign creditors gradually, rather than all at once through austerity. Iceland’s economy has largely recovered, while Greece’s teeters on collapse."</span></em><a rel="nofollow" title="" href="http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-9-no-4-2014/75-conference-paper/520-the-crash-course-from-iceland#_edn3" name="_ednref3"><i><span><span><br/></span></span></i></a></p>
<p>How many nations get a chance to vote like this ? Way to go Iceland. An example of "Athenian Democracy" at work. Ironically a Greek invention!</p>
<p>The New Govt of Greece has followed suit, negotiating with the banks to pay debt over longer duration. Just goes to show</p>
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