10 of the 15 current members of the UN Security Council have signed a letter expressing “profound concern” about the lack of implementation of a 2016 resolution which called for a freeze of Israeli settlements built on Palestinian soil.
The letter addressed to Secretary General Antonio Guterres was signed by Bolivia, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Peru, Sweden, and two permanent members, France and China.
The 2016 resolution was a rare Security Council vote involving the occupation of Palestine that was not vetoed by the United States. The US abstained, and the resolution passed 14-0. President Trump was deeply critical of the resolution, and has largely supported Israel’s rapid expansion of its settlements since.
The 10 nations expressing concern want Gutteres to start submitting quarterly reports on the situation, and the fact that Israel is flouting the resolution. The US will almost certainly veto any attempt to do anything about the violations.
The Zionist menace is an affront to the rule of law, both international and domestic. Enforcing a complete embargo, and elimination of trade with Israel is a must. This terror regime must be made to obey, and respect the tens of resolutions forbidding illegal squatter/settler dwellings in Palestine.
Better still, justice demands the de-establishment of the apartheid colonial-squatter state.
What has happened to Russia? Bibi seems to have flattened Putin.
They evidently cut a deal on Israel stopping some of their attacks and Russia doesn’t flood the region with air defense systems
I’ve been saying this for sometime that Putin is a wimp. Could be as a Christian he’s developed a love for Israel. I’ve read that he gets along well with Bibi and that Putin’s daughter was/is married to a Jewish man.
There are other ways to reduce the fighting, not every problem needs an escalation in tensions.
Russian relationship [or an affair?] with Israel not yet clarified? By either Russia, US, or Israel?
Waiting for an elucidation of that an ‘affair’ by one of the dissident reporters.
But we do not need an elucidation of the ‘affair that US has with Israel and with weiss jud’n.
“Profound concern.” That’s harsh. Those are fighting words!
Here’s a question: Where’s MBS in all this? Last we heard from that idiot, he was praising Netanyahu’s “Presentation” prior to Trumps decision to violate Security Council Resolution 2231. You’d think he’d be crowing about that…but instead we got some milquetoast boilerplate from Al Jubeir. Now the Nakhba Day Massacre happens and still no MBS?
Has he been “detained” at the Ritz? lol
As custodian, I think he’s focused on the two holy places. LOL 🙂
Concern is fine, but what are they going to do about it…