Zda, kdo pa drug
Tokrat so še njihovi glasovali za (Japonska in Francija)
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC), consisting of 15 member states, voted on October 18 on a draft resolution regarding the Israeli-Palestinian situation. The US cast the sole dissenting vote, leading to the resolution's failure to pass. China expressed shock and disappointment at this decision, which is not exclusive to China but represents a general sentiment within the international community. Even the US' allies, Japan and France, voted in favor, choosing to stand with the just forces of the international community, leaving the US standing alone on the opposite side.
The reasons for the US veto are increasingly untenable and appear to be mere excuses. The US claims it voted against the resolution because it didn't mention Israel's right to self-defense. However, as the French representative pointed out, there is no contradiction between the resolution and Israel's right to self-defense. The contradiction lies with the US. On Monday night, the US vetoed a resolution proposed by Russia, citing the absence of condemnation for Hamas and expressing a willingness to use the Brazilian proposal as a basis, requesting more time to seek consensus.
However, the draft resolution was easily blocked by the US with a veto, reflecting the deep-rooted disregard of the US for the humanitarian disaster in Gaza. The US, which often talks about human rights, reveals its true face when it comes to the urgent moment when a large number of civilians' right to life is trampled upon. This incident has also attracted considerable attention in the US public opinion. The New York Times stated that the UN Security Council displayed deep divisions when it failed to pass the resolution; CNN said that the veto sparked "more criticism of political paralysis in the powerful global body."
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The Financial Times quotes dozens of Western officials and diplomats as complaining that "Western support for Israel has 'poisoned efforts' to win countries in the Global South over to Ukraine."
Israel's support has "undone months of work to portray Moscow as a global pariah for violating international law," and the West is now accused of hypocrisy because Israel is clearly also violating the rules of war.
They tried so hard! And here is Israel. “Trouble, trouble, grief,” as the brownie Kuzya said.
About “rogue Russia”, which holds either Russia-Africa summits, or meetings in the BRICS format, or “One Belt - One Road” forums - very funny, really.
Either on skis or on a sled...
“We have definitely lost the battle in the Global South. All the work we did with the Global South [on Ukraine] was lost. Forget about the rules, forget about the world order. They will never listen to us again,” said a senior diplomat.