The US watered down ceasefire resolution in Gaza failed to pass when the UN Security Council vetoed it. China, Russia and Algeria all cast vetoes compared to America’s lone veto in 3 previous non US sponsored ceasefire resolutions.
Why “watered down”?
It does not demand immediate ceasefire, just that ceasefire is “imperative.” It would require continued negotiations as promoted by the US designed to ensure Israeli priorities but none of the Palestinians. Nor is it permanent, with the implication that ethnic cleansing of Palestinians can continue if and when remaining hostages are released.
Furthermore, the resolution expresses no demand against, just “concern” that the impending Israeli invasion of Rafah, will cause major harm to the 1.5 million refugees sheltered there. But that’s meaningless happy talk when Netanyahu proclaims he’s ready to launch that grotesque invasion with or without US support.
So the UN is back to Square One in the effort to end Israeli’s destruction of Palestinians in Gaza, supported and enabled by their partner in genocide, America.
Walt Zlotow became involved in antiwar activities upon entering University of Chicago in 1963. He is current president of the West Suburban Peace Coalition based in the Chicago western suburbs. He blogs daily on antiwar and other issues at www.heartlandprogressive.blogspot.com.
How can those who support mass immigration elsewhere oppose integration in Israel? It’s amazing to watch. Truth stranger than fiction.
Could be that it is more consistent than it seems at first glance, namely they could be the sort of people who see aliyah as a great way to get rid of Jews. Or of course it could be that like Christian Zionists they want Jews concentrated so that the Lord their Saviour is convienced to kill them all in one strike so that it is safe for Jesus to return. Or something like that, I don’t know many people think weird things.
Oh no. Nothing like that is possible.
The USA, Britain, Europe, are the reason the ILLEGAL Zionist State of Israel exist. People forget that the Zionist were being chased out of Europe, Britain, before Hitler even got in the picture, the Powers that be, wanted the Zionist OUT. What to do with them? Give them a State, even if it meant STEALING, KILLING for the land of the Palestinians. Zionist are now a cancer in the so called “Democracies” and these “Democracies” do not want Zionist in their countries, they think they can control them by keeping them on stolen lands and allowing them to commit Genocide. Those who believe this Genocide is EVIL, need to form a Blitz on all media forms, educating humans around the world, how these blood sucking Zionist came to be in Palestine. Ask every human why the USA, Britain, EU wanted the Zionist OUT at any cost and why they still want the Zionist OUT, no matter what they say out loud. Never, ever be confused, Zionism is not Judaism, Semites are NOT Zionist. Zionism is an Ideology like Nazism, Communism, etc. People are brainwashed into being Zionist and they have NO right to steal Land, kill for land, etc.
Certain people did want to expel Zionists/Jews, but they wanted this for a variety of reasons. Evangelicals want to fulfill prophecy. Nationalists wanted them out of power in the nationalists’ societies, though that hasn’t happened. And Zionists were powerful and got what they wanted.
In the two posts here, there’s an assumption that Zionists have no agency, but I believe they do and did. Elites matter, not usually masses. But it’s popular to pretend that Zionists have little power, which is just false. The Scofield Bible has a history, for example. People don’t want to talk about who is in power. We pretend that some plumber who watches Fox is the boss, and he’s (usually) not significant.
Zionists don’t run everything, but they’re powerful, significant.
The Soviet Union had Zionists and Jewish elites, but they lost power. And I guess they were never in power enough. But it’s the strangest story. It’s so strange.
The UN was never relevant. Even if they passed a Resolution mandating a ceasefire, nothing would change. The worst that might happen to Israel then would be that some nations might consider sanctioning Israel. That would not stop Netanyahu and his crazies from continuing.
The UNSC has to pass a Resolution with Chapter 7 language in it, like they did with Libya. Then and only then can the nations that want to see Israel stopped organize a military response capable of stopping Israel using millitary force.
Absent that, only the Axis of Resistance can stop this genocide. Fortunately it looks like Israel is contemplating suicide by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon, the one military power next to Israel which is both capable and willing to destroy Israel.
I don’t know that Israel loses to Hezbollah.