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UN secretary general visits Russia for BRICS summit despite Kyiv's criticism
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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2024
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Well innocents die in every war. In the Russia Ukraine war it is clear who is the bad guy. In the middle east it's not as cut and dry unfortunately. What Israel is doing exceeds any proportionality, but it's not as if there is no 2 warring sides of bad guys there that have civilians caught in the middle.
The UN is not a "do anything about it" it is a diplomatic forum.
Does not take away that it is immensely horrifying for every innocent person. For all three (even four); All innocent Palestinians, Israeli's, Ukrainians and Russians who do not want to go to war. Most just want to live their lives peacefully.
And so it is with the Israel-Palestine war. No offense but have you read the history? 1948-2024. Hamas only exists because of Israel's action from 1948 to 1987. It is clear who started it and it is clear who are the bad guys. In this case, Israel started it, Israel are the main bad guys and then Hamas. There's a whole argument regard Hamas being The Resistance but that's for another time.
My point is, the UN is quite much a joke at this point. They cannot do anything while Israel has violated every international law. Diplomatic or not, they haven't done much and I do not expect much from the UN anymore.
EDIT: Had to do some edits because formatting went bad.
The UN is not to do anything. The UN exists solely as a forum where countries always have a place for dialogue, no matter how high the temperature. It also gives a voice to all countries in conversations. It is an attempt to avoid nuclear war, not a world government. It has no power other than a voice through which countries can speak who agree with one another. If countries want to band together and do something they can, but the UN cannot. It can only give credence to actions taken by Member countries if enough other countries support it..
Not entirely true. The UN is here and can do;
I find it quite ironic that you only pin-point the comment about, the UN. But left out everything else about Ukraine/Russia and Israel/Palestine.
To continue on your comment, on another Lemmy-user;
It has been said by the UN that it is indeed illegal occupation
Disagreement or not - UN has said it is an illegal occupation and that Israel should end it. Not only that, stealing land, murdering thousands of people, rape, illegal settlements and most of their political statements (such as; ''nuke Gaza'' and ''Palestinians are animals''). All indicate and prove this statement.
This just shows your bias regarding Israel as a whole.
Incredible that you mentioned the founding of Israel! Because;
David Ben Gurion, was a leader of the Jewish terrorist organization, Haganah. Sanctioned the bombing of SS Patria (French-built ocean liner) and murdered more than 270 people. Gurion become Israel's first Prime Minster.
Yitzhak Shamir, was a leader of the Jewish terrorist organization, Stern Gang and sanctioned the assassination of a British official and a UN official. He became a Prime Minister of Israel too.
Manchem Begin, was a leader of the Jewish terrorist organization, Irgun and sanctioned the bombing of hotel King David Hotel and murdered 91 people. He too became a Prime Minister of Israel.
Wiki:
Do you actually know the history of Israel state?
EDIT: Another article - Creation of Israel, 1948
Yeah, this is not the gotcha you might hope it to be. The whole interbellum and post WW2 was a shit show.
And you are arguing Jewish terrorists are terrorists when they reclaimed their stake from the English but the Palestinians are resistance? Jews where ousted from the region too, but if it's long enough, then tough shit? What do we then think of all the Jews ousted from Arabic countries to Israel who where absorbed into the country? If the same had happened to the Palestinians the issue would have been mute, but the Arab friends of the Palestinians decided to keep the Palestinians locked into their predicament as this would help them most... Or something.
And the occupied territories and colonial settler programs are criminal and should stop. Gaza settlers where removed, Westbank settlers should be done the same.
I don’t care about “gotcha”, I care about respectful debates. However, I have lost interest with debating you already (due to that particular statement).
Ah, responding to the tone.. got it.
Probably more because there is plenty of agreement between our stances and there is also plenty to weig. But as I said elsewhere, priorities matter and there are plenty of things to be said about Palestinians and the people that claim to help them, the list of countries and organisations that could have helped them for real is almost endless but includes the Palestinians themselves, especially in the form of Hamas, plo and the people that voted them into power.
If it means doing what Israel has been doing to the Palestinians for the past 70+ years, then yes. Why on earth are the Palestinians of today repaying for something that happened centuries ago?
That's not what I'm saying, I'm just pointing to a double standard that you seem to apply.
That's not what a double standard is. It would only apply if both situations were happening simultaneously or relatively close together. Kind of like America's unconditional support for Ukraine to fight against an oppressive state compared to what they're doing at the same time for Israel. That's an actual double standard.