Posted on 12/21/2023 7:58:16 PM PST by FarCenter
After days of delays, the latest draft version seen by AFP calls for "urgent steps to immediately allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and also for creating the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities." It does not call for an immediate end to fighting.
US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters Thursday evening that "if the resolution is put forward as is, then we can support it."
She denied that the draft resolution had been watered down, saying it was "very strong" and "fully supported by the Arab group."
Diplomatic wrangling at United Nations headquarters in Manhattan -- causing the vote to be postponed several times this week -- has come against the backdrop of deteriorating conditions in Gaza and a mounting death toll.
"Some of this language is slightly absurd," said International Crisis Group analyst Richard Gowan.
"Other Council members have to decide if they will swallow a weak text for the sake of a deal, or if this is just too thin to bother with."
He noted in particular that veto-wielding Russia must decide "if they can back a draft that ultimately goes against their long-standing argument that a ceasefire is essential."
The United Arab Emirates is sponsoring the resolution, which has been amended in several key areas to secure compromise, according to the draft version seen by AFP.
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The people of Gaza are an existential threat to the people of Israel.
And the tail continues to wag the dog...
Trucks have been flowing both from Egypt and from Israel with humanitarian aid. hundreds of trucks...
And Hamas has been hijacking them.
Every ceasefire in the HISTORY of this conflict has been first broken by... the Palestinians. Every single one.
How do you “negotiate” with people like that?
“urgent steps to immediately allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and also for creating the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.”
Hey! Hamas surrendering would accomplish BOTH of those goals!
Hmmm...I guess wiping Hamas from the face of the planet would as well...
…. creating the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities…”
My favorite bit of this BS.
Everyone here knows what those “conditions” are.
ACTUALLY, they are a threat to the entire ARAB world.
And the UN is an existential threat to everyone except the globalists.
There are 2.1 million people living in Gaza. How do you deal with them? Mass removal?
Hamas is the enemy, not the entire population of Gaza.
Nikki wants to bring them here.
Politically correct baloney. There outdoors in Gaza are the enemy. They elected and fully supported that Hamas government. The rapists were phoning home bragging how many Jews they killed to their mothers. Escaped Israeli hostages were turned back into Hamas by locals. They literally teach kids in school that is wonderful to be a shahid for killing a Jew. They place mein kampf in their hotels and homes.
I have never heard of the slightest resistance or disapproval of Hamas by the so called Palestinians.
So what to do with them? Kill as many as needed and destroy their world until you break their hearts and they lose the will and ability to fight ever again.
Just like we did with the original Nazis and Japanese militarists.
Yes people living in Gaza…
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