The Declining Influence of the UN was Illustrated this Week When Most Nations Walked Out on Netanyahu’s Speech

Brian Shilhavy | Health Impact News

The United Nations had a general assembly this week in New York City.

The Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian officials were denied visas to travel to New York to attend the session, even though the State of Palestine has been a non-member observer state in the UN for over a decade now.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Israel, however, was allowed to attend and even give a keynote address, in spite of the fact that there is a criminal warrant out for his arrest in the International Criminal Court.

The Israeli Press reported that his plane had to take an unusual route to reach the U.S., avoiding European airspace, as most of Western Europe has turned against Netanyahu and are calling for a two-state solution now, even the U.K.

So the fact that Netanyahu was too afraid to fly over Europe is a first.

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Qatar, 9/11 and the increasingly inevitable Israeli heel turn

Comment: Interesting new angle by Knightly. 

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Off-Guardian Org | Kit Knightly

 

Yesterday, Israel conducted strikes on the Qatari capital city of Doha, allegedly targeting (and supposedly killing) key members of the Hamas leadership.

An unprovoked attack in direct violation of another nation's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Textbook breaking of international law.

This is not unusual. Israel's contempt for international law is nothing new and is far from under-reported.

The wrinkle is the response from world leaders, which has been somewhat chillier than you'd expect.

The attacks were roundly criticised by puppets the world over - Canada's Mark Carney, Britain's Keir Starmer, Australia's Albanese, France's Macron and more.

In her State of the Union address, EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen warned the EU should "consider our bilateral support" for Israel.

Even Donald Trump's White House distanced themselves from the plan, which is as close to a full repudiation as you'll get from that quarter.

Earlier in the week, the Spanish government announced they were closing their airspace and naval ports to any planes or boats carrying weapons to Israel.

Expressing anti-Israel sentiment is becoming more and more common on a political stage where support for Palestine was once purely the domain of Cuba, Venezuela and other designated "enemies" of The West.

Israel is responding by doubling down, unleashing further strikes - this time on Yemen - earlier today.  

 

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