Oct 27, 2023, 16:29
Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, on Oct 25, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua]
Why have the multiple attempts of the international community to bring an end to the Israel-Palestine conflict under the framework of the United Nations failed to materialize into action?
The answer is clear. It is the United States that has been obstructing the peace process by abusing its veto power in the UN Security Council, turning it into another arena for Washington's geopolitical games.
For instance, a proposed resolution, focusing on the humanitarian situation and the protection of civilians, which was supported by an overwhelming majority of UN Security Council members, failed to be adopted on Wednesday due to the US vetoing it.
The US introduced a draft resolution on Saturday that set aside the consensus of the UN Security Council members and included many elements that were deeply divisive. Many UN Security Council members, including China, Russia and Brazil, proposed amendments to the draft text. However, the US, ignoring the concerns of the council members, made only cosmetic changes to the draft before putting it to a hasty vote.
As China's ambassador to the UN, Zhang Jun, said, the resolution was presented in haste and did not reflect the world's calls. The proposed resolution was patently not in a position to be adopted. Yet, rather than acknowledging that truth, the US is trying to smear China and other countries by claiming that in voting against the resolution they are thwarting UN actions and being indifferent to the humanitarian situation. That shameless calling black white shows the US' intention of dividing the world body and diverting attention from the conflict between Israel and Palestine to the one it is trying to fabricate between a so-called "democratic world" and China.
All genuine efforts that contribute to peace will receive China's staunch support. Any endeavor that facilitates Palestine-Israel reconciliation will be pursued by China with all-out efforts. But with two aircraft carrier strike groups in the Middle East, it is clear that the US wants its ally to carry out its "self-defense" campaign carefree and for as long as it likes.
The position of China, and the many other countries voting against the US-proposed draft resolution, is based on facts, law and conscience. What they oppose is that the draft is evasive on the most urgent issue of ending the immediate hostilities. That is not only irresponsible but also dangerous. It is tantamount to paving the way for large-scale military actions and giving the green light to further escalation of the conflict.
The draft resolution did not call on the parties concerned to stop the indiscriminate and asymmetrical use of force. Such an evasive and ineffectual resolution would do nothing to ease the plight of the people in Gaza. Indeed, it would only worsen their predicament.
It is clear that the US is seeking to establish a new narrative on the Palestinian question by ignoring the fact that the Palestinian territory has been occupied for a long time, and evading the fundamental issue of independent statehood for the Palestinian people.
It is worth being vigilant as the resolution presented by the US departs from the spirit of previous UN resolutions and embeds the dangerous logic of "clash of civilizations" and the justification of war and use of force. If adopted, it would have completely dashed the prospects of the two-state solution.
As ever, ethnic cleansing is the policy: Years later, Theodore Roosevelt wrote that “the extermination of the buffalo was the only way of solving the Indian question.” Though never an explicit policy, historians agree that army and political leaders tacitly approved of exterminating buffaloes in order to force Native Americans to move to reservations. A quarter of the Blackfeet tribe starved; it was “a death wind for my people”, said Chief Sitting Bull of the Lakota Sioux.
- Ken Burns chronicles the sad fate of the American buffalo
. . . which is why you may now read: "‘I wish my tribal ancestors had not helped the Pilgrims survive their first year’"
Even the Anglo/Jew propaganda is now referring to the West Bank as the "occupied West Bank", which has become over-run with jewish "settlers".
The Great Satan and poodle used to have War Departments rather than the now BS "Department of Defence". Or as they put it themselves. War is politics by other means.
The Illegitimate state of New Izrael is notorious for provoking conflict every time there's a cease fire. They refuse to call a ceasefire for the conflict in Ukraine with the lame-assed excuse that Russia would retain hold over the territory she already holds.
Similarly, several years ago, war criminal, Billy Jefferson Hagues's lame-assed excuse was that they were "waiting for a more permanent peace" instead of calling an immediate ceasefire.
Now the Great Satan,having already vetoed a ceasefire is calling for a vote for a "pause", which China and Russia have both vetoed because it's obviously BS designed to green-light the illegitimate state of New Izrael's ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Anyone familiar with the map of Palestine can see that over the years the illegitimate state of New Izrael has done nothing but expand, just like the NATO gang.
In other words, the Anglo/Jew gangsters are bent on World domination and the attitude is to give no quarter. Ultimately, they plan on enslaving humanity, leaving humanity with no choice but to exterminate them. And that's not even being facetious.
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