WASHINGTON_ Palestine News Network
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process Nikolai Mladenov said the stone-throwing attack on Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah´s motorcade on Christmas was a very disturbing incident.
"It is totally unacceptable and the perpetrators must be brought to justice," said Mladenov in a press release, "Wafa ", on Thursday, "the stone could be killed, the incident occurred in the same place where Ms. Aisha Rababi lost her life in October last October."
He stressed the need to stop such violence immediately.
...The first of its kind in the history of the United States took place on Thursday, January 3, 2019, with Democratic Rep. Rachida Tlaib in her distinctive Palestinian gown sworn in to the US Congress. Her colleague, US Congressman for Minnesota, Democrat Elhan Omar also divides the Koran as she wears the headscarf, becoming the first Muslim member of the US Congress.
And were present in the hall where the deputies were divided by a group of Palestinian women who wore the distinctive Palestinian dress in solidarity with MP Rachida Tlaib.
The November 6, 2018 midterm elections (which brought them to Congress) marked the victory of a number of Democratic Progressives, especially women, in sweeping elections, first in the primary elections within the Democratic Party itself and being able to run against the traditional currents. Defeat the rival or Republican rivalry, giving the new Congress a new character, involving more women and minorities, giving Democrats a clear majority in the US House of Representatives (235 Democrats versus 199 Republicans, and one independent member voting with the Democrats).
Thus, the Democratic Party regains control of the House of Representatives after the huge loss suffered in the mid-2010 elections, which has blocked most of the programs of former US President Barack Obama in the last six years, and political life in the US capital often.
For the first time, Washington has seen the return of a former speaker of the House to its site after eight years. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Democrat of California) has returned to this prestigious position after the president and vice president in the power line in Washington, The political divide between Pelosi and President Donald Trump, especially since the new session, which will last until January 2021, begins on Thursday and the government is partially closed because of Trump´s insistence that Congress provide $ 5.6 billion to build a wall along the US border with Alex K which was rejected by the Democrats.
The 78-year-old will have enormous influence as the leader of the majority in Congress, who began her political career 32 years ago when she won her seat in California in the mid-1986 election and took the lead in the Democratic Party to the 2007 "House Speaker" site. Today, the site receives the second time, breaking all expectations that it will not be able to restore the site because of its retirement from or opposition to the Democratic Party to lead again, which proved to be reversed, where Pelosi did not show any intention to retire, and was able to get overwhelming support within the party To restore its location Former Although the progressive current in the party expressed his desire to change, but this sector was forced to bow and supports the policy, first because it did not emerge any leadership alternative, and secondly because of the ability of the machine party democracy to influence the members, especially new, to embrace party politics.
Pelosi, who has long defied her image as a liberal from San Francisco, will also return to the presidency of the House of Representatives, but under new restrictions she has imposed on herself. In order to ward off the Democratic uprising, which wanted a new generation of leaders, Pelosi agreed to set a four-year term. Some say it may weaken it - an idea they reject.
For their part, Republicans do not underestimate Pelosi. Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina described it as "a skilled adversary who mastered the restraint of all Democrats."
Pelosi realizes that her new mandate for the presidency will be her way of dealing with President Trump. The last time she held the post, from 2007 to 2011, she achieved legislative achievements that earned her a good reputation. That period saw the passage of legislation that saved Wall Street, helped stem the economic meltdown, allowed homosexuals to serve in the military, restructured banking laws in the country, and expanded the reach of an estimated 17 million people to health care.
Many say that passing the health care law at affordable prices is a remarkable achievement. But the divided government, the unpopular president, and the potentially large-scale criminal investigations that he and his presidential campaign and business are pursuing will radically change its role.
