September 19th
The United Nations makes a massive move towards Israel - I'm shocked at how little coverage it's received
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UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence’ in Occupied Palestinian Territory
First, let me start off by acknowledging my pessimism just so we can get it out of the way and move onto the good parts of the story. Without direct pressure from the United States, I don’t know how feasible any of these demands will ever be, but I do believe there is a scenario in the future, where the United States could provide that pressure, if the public provides enough pressure on its own government.
Okay, now let’s talk about the positive parts of this story ⬇️
124 nations voted in favor, while only 14 voted against this resolution called for Israel to comply with international law and withdraw its military forces, immediately cease all new settlement activity, evacuate all settlers from occupied land, and dismantle parts of the separation wall constructed inside the occupied, West Bank.
I’ll have a link to this article at the end of this, but this comes straight from the unitednations.org
This is a historic vote. I made a video about this on YouTube last night, but I didn’t wanna wait until that video came out to talk about it some more. It is unbelievable to me, to see the global condemnation that we are currently seeing of the Israeli government. It’s not just one nation, or a group of nations in the Middle East, they are seeing widespread, pushback from just about every corner of the globe.
The article goes on to mention that the resolution demands Israel allow all Palestinians displayed during the occupation to return to their place of origin and make a reparation for the damage caused by the occupation.
And I think that this is one of the main sticking points that I saw in this resolution - the assembly states were urged to refrain from recognizing Israel’s presence in the territory as lawful. This includes taking measures to prevent their nation, companies, and entities under their jurisdiction from engaging in activities that support or sustain Israel’s occupation.
Also, the assembly called on states to cease importing products originating from Israel settlements, and to halt the transfer of arms, munitions and related equipment to Israel. Especially in cases where there are reasonable grounds to suspect they may be used in occupied Palestinian territory.
The resolution also urged states to implement sanctions, travel, bands, asset, freezes, and against individuals and entities involved in maintaining Israel’s unlawful presence in the territory.
Again, while I do not believe that Israel is going to abide by the demands of this resolution, I do believe that this is a very necessary domino that needed to fall in order for Palestine to ever get any kind of true end to their occupation.
Furthermore, a resolution like this is only further alienating Israel from the rest of the world, and pushing it on the brink of becoming a pariah state.
Subsequently, I believe that the United States continuing to tether itself to Israel will only push it in that direction as well. Hopefully new leadership in Washington will show a different course than the previous administrations. I Admit that’s not likely, but hopefully a new administration will make different choices than previous administrations have
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/09/1154496
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