Posted on 02/24/2023 7:55:52 PM PST by SeekAndFind
On 23 February, Israel joined 140 other UN member states voting in favor of a nonbinding resolution that calls for Russia to end hostilities in Ukraine and withdraw its forces.
“For the past year, Israel has stood alongside the people of Ukraine in solidarity both on the ground and here in the UN,” Tel Aviv’s UN envoy Gilad Erdan said following the vote.
The resolution, drafted by Ukraine in consultation with its western allies, passed 141-7, with 32 abstentions. Belarus, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, North Korea, Eritrea, and Mali were the only member states to vote against the resolution.
Israel’s condemnation of Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territory happened just one day after Israeli occupation troops murdered 11 Palestinians and injured over 100 in the West Bank city of Nablus and just hours after Israeli jets bombed a residential area in the Gaza Strip.
Earlier this week, the US succeeded in stopping a vote at the UN Security Council against the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, with the help of the UAE and the Palestinian Authority.
In 2022 Israel was the target of more UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions than every other country combined.
Moreover, from 2006 through 2022, the UN Human Rights Council adopted 99 resolutions against Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian and Syrian territory and the crimes committed against Palestinian civilians living under apartheid.
A day ahead of the UN vote against Russia, Venezuelan Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Joaquín Pérez Ayestarán, said that all countries without exception “must stringently comply with the United Nations Charter,” in a veiled dig at the US and its allies, who have historically violated the charter with total impunity.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine a year ago, Israel has tried to stay on Moscow’s good side due to their military cooperation in Syria. However, in recent months Kiev and Washington have turned up the pressure on Tel Aviv to align with its western sponsors.
Excerpts from PR @ruchirakamboj’s explanation of vote at the #UNGA Emergency Special Session on #Ukraine today. pic.twitter.com/tUptpHj09j
Since the start of the war in Ukraine a year ago, Israel has tried to stay on Moscow’s good side due to their military cooperation in Syria. However, in recent months Kiev and Washington have turned up the pressure on Tel Aviv to align with its western sponsors.
Well, after all the UN General Assembly is absolutely loaded with FRIENDS OF ISRAEL. Why shouldn’t Israel join with all their good buddies. /sarc
“passed 141-7, with 32 abstentions.
Belarus, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, North Korea, Eritrea, and Mali were the only member states to vote against the resolution.”
“Washington have turned up the pressure on Tel Aviv to align with its western sponsors.”
Tel Aviv or Jerusalem?
Imagine Arabs and Iran put pressure on Russia to roll clock back into the 1980s...
This resolution finally united India and Pakistan!
Lavrov became a Commander of the National Order of Mali, on a recent visit. A sword or something was presented to him by the Foreign Minister of Mali.
“Israel joins 140 Countries in UN vote calling on Russia to end military occupation of Ukraine; 7 Countries Refuse to Vote for Withdrawal”
...while China AND India, the two most populous countries in the world, with more manufacturing capability than the US and EU COMBINED, REFUSE to support the resolution.
I’m just here to check out all the countries that are going to get cheap Russian natural gas/oil and military surplus.
“Belarus, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, North Korea, Eritrea, and Mali were the only member states to vote against the resolution.”
I can’t wait for the usual Putin clowns to come and explain to us how the above seven countries are all true bastions of conservative Christian values and far superior to the depraved USA.
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A “nonbinding resolution?” “World Government” at its finest.
’ ... just one day after Israeli occupation troops murdered 11 Palestinians ...”
-fJRoberts-
FYI, I read the first eight words of you post. That is all I needed to deduce there was no need to continue.
I have some info about this vote.
1. If you sum the country populations of the NO votes plus the Abstain votes, the total exceeds the country populations of the YES votes. Which means a majority opposed the proposal.
2. Russia proposed that this vote be secret ballot. The US strongly opposed this.
3. Europe holds about 23% of UN seats. With 5% of global population.
Why does this remind me of the League of Nations vote for Italy to leave Ethiopia ? End of the UN.
UN representation is NOT designed or intended to be proportional representation.
But while we are focusing on silliness, let’s tabulate by GDP, eh?
What a wonderful group to be in the company of.
WTF. Israel does everything possible to avoid targeting non-terrorists (that is, after all, in their own best interest), and they get called murderers.
Slight correction:
“...while China AND India, the two most populous countries in the world, with more crap manufacturing capability than the rest of the planet combined, REFUSE to support the resolution.”
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