Israel, US increasingly isolated at UN as countries recognize Palestine [says Irish state media]

RTÉ News ^ | Tuesday, 28 May 2024 14:25 | Yvonne Murray, Global Security Reporter

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After the announcement last week that Spain, Norway and Ireland would recognize the state of Palestine, a visibly-delighted Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations came to talk to the press.

“We need somebody to take pictures,” Riyad Mansour said, ushering the Irish, Spanish and Norwegian envoys into an impromptu photoshoot just outside the UN Security Council.

“A glorious day today,” Mr. Mansour declared as the four ambassadors stood shoulder-to-shoulder. […]

All this, the supporters of Palestinian statehood hope, is gathering momentum towards the implementation of a two-state solution.

That is not how Israel, nor its closest ally, the US, see it.

“This is a terror state that you are recognizing today,” Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said in a post on social media following last week’s announcement, “an entity of murderers, rapists and kidnappers”. […]

Israel has warned of “severe consequences” for countries that recognize a Palestinian state.

But now, as outrage grows inside the United Nations over Israel’s prosecution of its war in Gaza, member states are keen to show their solidarity with Palestinians, leaving Israel and the United States increasingly isolated. “It shows that if the US will not compromise on the issue at the UN, other countries will simply work around the UN rules and blockages,” Richard Gowan, UN Director at the Crisis Group, a New York-based think tank, told RTÉ News. …

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There are NO SMART MICKS!

[Olog-hai]

When I say self-nullifying, I mean when it comes to assertion of rights of people, sovereignty of nations and the like. The UN would dearly like the power to steamroll those at will, as the left in the US would see them have.

The left always saw the UN as the template for one-world government, as Goal #11 of the 45 communist goals for the USA illustrates.

[piytar]

Gotcha. Agree.

[NetAddicted]

Thank you for your explicative parenthetical comment.

[Olog-hai]

Well, JFTR, Genesis (Bereshith) and Numbers (Bamidbar) are books of the Torah (the Law in English; sometimes called by the Greek name “Pentateuch” or “five books”).

Sorry about the late reply; I got a ping to the thread today.