Popular Post webfact Posted January 16 Popular Post Share Posted January 16 Thailand and Palestine promised to take their 12-year relationship to new heights with discussions on tourism and trade between Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara and Walid Abu Ali, Ambassador of the State of Palestine. Both sides conveyed their pleasure at the strong Thai-Palestinian relations that have flourished since August 1, 2012. With the Thai embassy in Amman, Jordan, assuming control of diplomatic affairs with Palestine, the Palestinian embassy in Malaysia extends its reach to encompass Thailand. The highlight of this diplomatic waltz was the deep-rooted commitment Thailand exhibited towards the State of Palestine. The Thai foreign minister articulated Thailand’s unwavering dedication to fortifying cooperation, and ensuring the security and sustainability of Palestine, a commitment that has endured over four decades. The Thai Ministry proudly highlighted its consistent financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) since 1978. by Puntid Tantivangphaisal Photo courtesy of Asia News Network Full story: The Thaiger 2024-01-16 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted January 16 Popular Post Share Posted January 16 (edited) 1 hour ago, webfact said: with discussions on tourism and trade What tourism and what trade? what dose "Palestine" produce and how many tourists from the so called Palestine can be any benefit to Thailand? Thailand will do well to abstain from forging any relationship with an entity that spawns terrorist out of its population and just this one out for now until the fogs and smokes of war will clear out... Regarding UNRWA: "Watchdog finds UNRWA workers praised Hamas massacres in internal Telegram channel" https://www.timesofisrael.com/watchdog-finds-unrwa-workers-praised-hamas-massacres-in-internal-telegram-channel/ Edited January 16 by ezzra 1 1 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hunz Kittisak Posted January 16 Popular Post Share Posted January 16 Aren’t the hostages captured by Hamas? Aka the Palestinian government? 1 3 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted January 16 Popular Post Share Posted January 16 31 minutes ago, Hunz Kittisak said: Aren’t the hostages captured by Hamas? Aka the Palestinian government? That fact doesn't seems to enter the Thai Foreign Ministry at all, and never mind that the Palestinians murdered several Thai workers and kidnapped many others, the politics of hypocrisy and forgetfulness is in play here for the sake of "trade and tourism" with the Palestinians... 1 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Enzian Posted January 16 Popular Post Share Posted January 16 If Hamas would admit defeat and surrender, the hostages would be free tomorrow, all of them. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted January 16 Popular Post Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, Enzian said: If Hamas would admit defeat and surrender, the hostages would be free tomorrow, all of them. It's not up to Hamas and it never was, Iran is the boss, the puppet master, they tell Hamas and the rest of the terrorists around the world what, how and when... 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Morch Posted January 16 Popular Post Share Posted January 16 3 hours ago, Hunz Kittisak said: Aren’t the hostages captured by Hamas? Aka the Palestinian government? Hamas is not 'the Palestinian government'. Hamas rules the Gaza Strip, the PA runs the West Bank and is the officially recognized representative (or government) of the Palestinians. The Ambassador, for example, would be a PA appointment. It's complicated. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Morch Posted January 16 Popular Post Share Posted January 16 42 minutes ago, ezzra said: It's not up to Hamas and it never was, Iran is the boss, the puppet master, they tell Hamas and the rest of the terrorists around the world what, how and when... Can you support this with anything? I mean this fantasy of total and absolute control by Iran? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tracy Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 17 hours ago, webfact said: Ambassador of the State of Palestine. Since when has there been such an entity? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Thailand will need to be prepared to pay millions in ransom. I couldn't imagine the Thai government doing that. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 18 hours ago, webfact said: Thailand and Palestine promised to take their 12-year relationship to new heights with discussions on tourism and trade between Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara and Walid Abu Ali, Ambassador of the State of Palestine. Love to be a fly on the wall at that meeting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumbuie Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, Scott Tracy said: Since when has there been such an entity? For as long as there has been a State of Israel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palestine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted January 17 Popular Post Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, Scott Tracy said: Since when has there been such an entity? Tell that to the mobs that scream and shout "free Palestine" and "from the river to the sea" that 99% of them wouldn't be able to point where "Palestine" or Gaza on a map is let alone knows anything about the history of the region.. 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daveAustin Posted January 17 Popular Post Share Posted January 17 No love for either side of this debacle but Thailand really does know how to get it wrong and say dopey things. They’ll get in bed with anyone if it furthers their ends or appears to make them look good. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 5 minutes ago, Drumbuie said: For as long as there has been a State of Israel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palestine The name Palestine was coined by the Greeks since the 5th century BCE, During the iron age two related Israelite kingdoms, Israel and Judah controlled much of Palestine, while the Philistines occupied its southern coast... Surly we're not talking about the same people here here are we?... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 8 minutes ago, daveAustin said: No love for either side of this debacle but Thailand really does know how to get it wrong and say dopey things. They’ll get in bed with anyone if it furthers their ends or appears to make them look good. Right you're...Israel have been and still employing thousands of Thai workers, how many Thai workers dose the Palestinians employ? None... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcheech Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 19 hours ago, webfact said: Thailand and Palestine promised to take their 12-year relationship to new heights with discussions on tourism and trade between Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara and Walid Abu Ali, Ambassador of the State of Palestine. Great deflection by the Thai government! The Israelis Ambassador tried to remind Thailand about the Thai hostages, and of course the almost 40 Thai workers butchered by Hamas many in savage and horrific manner. That as of Monday. It needs to be countered, deflected & suppressed. Should not be too hard for Thailand to redirect & reframe any sympathy for these Thais by the local media. After all these are poor agricultural workers of low status, many are even kone Isaan, for goodness sake. No need to go to bat for them or publicize what they suffered. More to the point, Thailand keeps in lockstep with Celestial Leader Xi, and his vision of the world. Just like they have on the Ukraine conflict. As a good ally, Thailand takes its orders and delivers. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Was wondering who Walid Abu Ali is. Apparently he's the Palestine ambassador to Malaysia and to the Maldives. In other words, nothing to do with Thailand. According to Wikipedia he's most noted for sharing a platform with Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, a Pakistani terrorist involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks which killed 166 civilians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walid_Abu_Ali 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post newbee2022 Posted January 17 Popular Post Share Posted January 17 19 hours ago, ezzra said: What tourism and what trade? what dose "Palestine" produce and how many tourists from the so called Palestine can be any benefit to Thailand? Thailand will do well to abstain from forging any relationship with an entity that spawns terrorist out of its population and just this one out for now until the fogs and smokes of war will clear out... Regarding UNRWA: "Watchdog finds UNRWA workers praised Hamas massacres in internal Telegram channel" https://www.timesofisrael.com/watchdog-finds-unrwa-workers-praised-hamas-massacres-in-internal-telegram-channel/ Actually it's in the hand of those occupants to stop the war immediately as in The Hague demanded by South Africa.🙏to stop the genocide. 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 20 hours ago, webfact said: The Thai Ministry proudly highlighted its consistent financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) since 1978. Which, considering that UNWRA has very close links with HAMAS, perhaps even to the extent of being an enthusiastic partner in its military antics, if not effectively a fully incorporated subsidiary, is perhaps not a boast to make too often! 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordgrinz Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I believe there was an article stating 159,000 tourist visited Thailand from Israel in a 9 month period, that might end up being zero pretty soon, I wonder how many Palestinians visit Thailand and spend equivalently. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 20 minutes ago, lordgrinz said: I wonder how many Palestinians visit Thailand and spend equivalently. The GDP per capita of the West Bank is US$5,600, and that of Israel is US$42,100 according to the CIA World Factbook so, on average, Palestinians are much, much poorer than Israelis. That makes them less likely to visit Thailand. That said, there's a number of extremely wealthy Palestinians - primarily from embezzlement. There are at least 600 dollar millionaires. At least one (Munib al-Masri) is worth over US$1 billion. He could probably afford a fortnight in Bangkok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john donson Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 so how many are still captured and why thais keep on going there if they know the risks and then have to be rescued... nice gesture of the government as our western embassies do nothing more than just delivering a passport or bad news to family back home is anything happens to us here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 3 hours ago, Scott Tracy said: Since when has there been such an entity? They are members of international bodies, got a semi-seat on the UN. It's complicated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) 3 hours ago, MrJ2U said: Thailand will need to be prepared to pay millions in ransom. I couldn't imagine the Thai government doing that. There were Thai hostages released already. I don't know if there was a ransom involved, officially there was not. More likely that the one assumed held by Hamas are either not in Hamas hands (other organization or 'lost' in the mayhem). Another real possibility is that they are no longer alive. Edited January 17 by Morch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 2 hours ago, hotchilli said: Love to be a fly on the wall at that meeting. Judging from the article, it was just fluff. Not very interesting. It's not like the Palestinian Ambassador can do much about the hostages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, newbee2022 said: Actually it's in the hand of those occupants to stop the war immediately as in The Hague demanded by South Africa.🙏to stop the genocide. More of your usual fact free nonsense. There are no guarantees hostages will be released, there are no guarantees they are alive. There is no 'genocide'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, lordgrinz said: I believe there was an article stating 159,000 tourist visited Thailand from Israel in a 9 month period, that might end up being zero pretty soon, I wonder how many Palestinians visit Thailand and spend equivalently. Why would Israelis stop visiting Thailand? Are there any signs this will change? Not that I mind, as tourists here they are hardly a favorite of mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordgrinz Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 11 minutes ago, Morch said: Why would Israelis stop visiting Thailand? Are there any signs this will change? Not that I mind, as tourists here they are hardly a favorite of mine. Oh look, the first Antisemitic post of the day, congratulations! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 7 minutes ago, lordgrinz said: Oh look, the first Antisemitic post of the day, congratulations! Antisemitic how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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