Arabs put to vote a UN resolution demanding an immediate Gaza cease-fire, knowing US will veto it
Arabs put to vote a UN resolution demanding an immediate Gaza cease-fire, knowing US will veto it
Arab nations are putting to a vote a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, knowing it will be vetoed by the United States but hoping to show broad global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
Nothing wrong with that. It’s a good way to keep accountability and see where every country stands.
I agree with you when you say that of accountability is important but this move doesn't stop the Genocide.
It won't stop it, but we'll at least see who's on which side. Having a public record is good.
It also doesn't further encourage it.
Don't let perfect stand in the way of better.
And the US is going to veto it because....?
They did already. They are Israel's bitches.
US was actually the only country to veto. Does not look good tbf
And now China is condemning it. Like, wtf. I honestly don't know why we are blocking U.N. action on this. It's brazenly pro-ethnic cleansing. It's not like there's wiggle room to debate, there's no room. It's just plainly a mass killing of a minority population that was already living under apartheid conditions.
Are our political leaders just religious enough to quake in fear at the thought of angering their abrahamic diety? Or is this confirmation that there really IS a powerful zionist cabal that can manipulate US foreign policy?
I mean, both are conspiratorial stretches, but wtf else could biden hang this decision on?
If they didn't veto it what would happen? Is there an article like NATO that would stipulate that the UN counties would go to war... I didn't think there was. So I am unsure if would have any change.
Resolutions made by the UN security council (which this would have been) can be enforced through the UN peacekeeping mission (aka the blue helmets) by stationing UN troops along the contact line to prevent hostilities from resuming. This has had mixed success in the past, there is actually a peacekeeping mission stationed right now on the Israel/Lebanon border which hasn't prevented either side from shooting at each other after the October 7 attack.
The UN is not a military defense organisation la NATO. It has military efforts, but they are all Pacific in the sense that they don't take part and only help the civilian population (e.g.: running medical and food supplies, or protecting hospitals, etc.)
The UN could go for economic and political sanctions, or try to move this in the Hague Courts in case the request goes unheard.