Facelessness, duplicity, your name is West!
Political mud-slinging is ongoing in the UN regarding the Gaza conflict. A few days ago, the general assembly of the world organization, in a non-binding vote for the member states, decided by a large majority: to call for a humanitarian truce for those affected by the Israel-Hamas war. In other words, the parties would cease the armed struggle against each other.
What was actually at stake in the vote?
Now we are talking about a matter of principle, regardless of who sympathizes with which side. Also, who gives the truth to which side in the historical debate about who has the historical right to statehood in the place of the province of the former Ottoman Empire? Specifically, is it a question of whether a state has the right to defend its territory or to free its kidnapped citizens from the captivity of the attacking party?
The UN General Assembly decided with 120 yes votes, 14 against and 45 abstentions that in this case the attacked party has no right to do so.
If Israel accepts the decision of the UN General Assembly, it renounces self-defense, the conflict freezes, the release of the hostages becomes more than uncertain in a situation where the attacking party still has the skills to continue the fight later.
Not to mention that the UN resolution made a sign of equality between the attacked and the attacking party.
The General Assembly decision did not surprise anyone, since for years the Western powers have waged a regular campaign against the conservative, center-right Netanyahu-led governments in the institutions of the world organization on an extreme, left-liberal ideological basis. The consequences of the West's anti-Israelism are now showing. Obviously, this political background also contributed to the fact that Hamas saw the time had come for the terrorist attack against Israel, which cost at least 1,100 lives. Hamas calculated almost right, because among the Western powers that maintain cool relations with Israel, only America stood out with its no vote – Hungary also voted no – in favor of the Jewish state.
The European powers, to put it mildly, have shown and are showing the greatest possible hypocrisy in the matter.
After the terrorist attack by Hamas, their leaders gave each other the handle in Israel to assure the people living there of their solidarity. They organized a regular diplomatic fleet demonstration, the press coverage was huge, they must have wanted that too.
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, said in Israel: we must fight together against the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: the British stand by Israel even in the darkest hours. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz: in difficult times, Germany can only stand in one place, next to Israel.
Then, from the promise of standing up for Israel, the Germans and the British only ran away with it, not even the French.
In the General Assembly vote, France voted for the resolution, Great Britain and Germany abstained. So much for big words. Germany, which, as we have seen, definitely wanted to stand by Israel - asserting its historical responsibility without being convinced - now stood nowhere.
Which is quite interesting, in light of the fact that violent pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel demonstrations swept across the country during all of this. Although Berlin banned all Hamas activities in Germany with considerable delay, it is doubtful what this will mean in practice.
According to them, until now in Germany could Hamas openly assume the goal of destroying Israel?
The United States already declared Hamas a terrorist organization in 1997. Apparently, this did not bother anyone in Berlin.
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