Following their emergency meeting, the UN Security Council has issued a statement condemning Israel’s latest round of settlement expansion as a violation of international law, warning the plans cast doubt on their seriousness toward reaching a peace deal.
Despite issuing the statement of criticism, the Security Council declined to take up any vote on any action against the construction itself, leading to speculation that the US was still blocking concrete action with its veto power.
There was considerable speculation about that, as US-Israeli relations are getting worse and worse, and the US has been deeply critical of the settlement expansion. Even if the US didn’t agree to any punitive action on Israel, not vetoing the statement itself is still a sign that the US is no longer vetoing everything Israel-related as a matter of course.
The Israeli government has insisted the settlement expansions are not going to stop, no matter what the US says, and likewise that no new concessions will be made to the Palestinians to facilitate new peace talks.
Break out the popcorn…
Paul Newman in The Hustler
“Money won is twice as sweet as money earned”
Freedom to steal at gunpoint all the land your heart desires, surely most every educated person walking this earth would love such a golden opportunity to enrich themselves upon the misery of society.
Such is the “Peace Process,” such is life and another day kicks on down.
This is a warning shot, from Obama.
Empire builders — World destroyers
The UN Security Council is comprised of the richest and most nuke deadly nations on earth, their highest goal being to enslave the uneducated lower half of society, both at home and abroad, and we should except their Imperial Edict as some sort of resolution to the problem?
Israel intention never was or is about a truthful peace negotiation because of west being supportive social racist, apartheids politics toward arab nationals/nationalism. Now the UAE and saudis barbarians regime are in bed with Israel, Netanyahu have the moment to show Israel real intentions. As long as western "civilization", as they proclaim they are, supports Israel and not boycott its technology/agricultural products/goods sold to Sweden and rest of Europe, as long as USG is giving free money and war machinery to Israel, Israel intention will remain the same. The day theat Swedish government orders ICA, the Swedish food market giant and all other European food companies stop buying Israeli products, and for Obama annonsing AIPAC orgonization, it's social political activities as illegal and harmful to U.S.A social domestic and international politics, Israel will continue with it's apartheids politics stealing the lands belonging to palestinians. As long as EU governing body and their kingdoms are in bed with saudis barbarian regime where the Prince are in charge of whor houses in London and in control of drug trafficking, Israel will continue its racist politics. As long as ISIS, a Stone Age barbarians are feed by Turkish Erdogan ignorant, self centered undemocratic regime undermining the regional politics, economic and cultural unity, Israel will continue with its racist politics.
"The Israeli government has insisted the settlement expansions are not going to stop, no matter what the US says,
and likewise that no new concessions will be made to the Palestinians to facilitate new peace talks."
And it was just a few years ago when Bibi was exasperated at the fact "we have no peace partners among the Arabs"
C'mon Congress, you work for us not AIPAC, grow a pair and stop funding the "terrorists with uniforms" state of Israel.
"Congress" would need "guts" to do any such thing and the current bunch of US Politicians are the most "gutless" of all the ages.
Until Israel is severely sanctioned by all nations including EVERY seat on the security council even those with veto, they will be recalcitrant, freeze their assets and the assets of every Israeli citizen regardless that they hold joint citizenships, Until they comply with existing UN security council resolutions, including returning back to pre 1967 borders and when they return to said borders they are not to damage any infrastructure, any damage to be taken from the frozen accounts of either the persons that did the damage or the Israeli Government or both! Just as Art treasures and other property stolen by the Nazis were and are the property of the owners from whom it is stolen or their lawful families and heirs, the land seized by Israel and Israelis is owned by the people from whom it was stolen!
As for those in congress who believe it is just to commit war crimes and note that it is those persons in congress who allow this to continue who ARE committing war crimes under treaties signed and ratified by a previous congress and President of the United States and Upheld by the SCOTUS as having binding effect on both Congress and the President noting that SCOTUS has upheld and used the Geneva Conventions this century in Hamden V Rumsfeld, those said conventions are US law every one of them without exception, and one of them in particular is very telling here! Schedule 4 Article 148
No High Contracting Party shall be allowed to absolve itself or any other High Contracting Party of any liability incurred by itself or by another High Contracting Party in respect of breaches referred to in the preceding Article.
that means Congress is not allowed to just overlook matters because it is expedient, either what they did (or failed to do), or what they allowed Israel to do, noting that even the US was patently aware because it had made proper security council resolutions telling Israel to move back within its own borders!
How about let's pull out the original UN charter for Israel and enforce a complete reset, with Israel and Palestine having their own autonomous territories clearly defined. The US didn't sign on to support Israel as it is today, it signed to support Israel as it was in 1948. If everyone agrees, we can even roll it back just to the 1967 Green Line. If we do this, the border can be clearly marked and built up with a fence or wall or left open- whoever wants to close it off, that's on their dime.
Let's do this: enforce it either through economic or political or military pressure, and get it done so we can move on to the next burning issue. I'm about tired of this one thing being in the world's face each and every day, yet no one dares to put their foot down and handle the problem.
This, or let's start pulling the UN paperwork and see what the steps are to pulling Israel's UN charter as an independent nation or at least kicking them out of the UN, period. If they can't play by the rules, they shouldn't be allowed in the game.
(Personally, I think it would be hilarious if Putin were to have a mind to set up shop in Palestine- with the PA's consent, begin a huge airlift of Russian troops and supplies, civilian goods and building materials, and enough firepower to make sure the Israelis don't roll in with bulldozers in the dead of night. Put an army of civil workers on infrastructure projects, roads, power stations, all that good stuff, and bring Palestine up to a livable standard. As for the Israeli settlements inside Palestine, that's too bad, they'll have to find a way out when the border is sealed and the roads are blocked.) But of course all of this is just pipesmoke dreams- but oh, what a glorious time it would be, to see Israel get its just desserts 😀