'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion'
USA TodayMAY 16 2024
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution on Friday calling on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine as a UN member state "favorably," stressing that “the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the United Nations.”
In response, Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan shredded a copy of the UN charter to illustrate what he said was the General Assembly's disregard for the document, saying that the UN wanted to "advance the establishment of a Palestinian terror state led by the Hitler of our time."
The US, Argentina, Czechia, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, and Papua New Guinea voted against the resolution. The Palestinian Authority, which partially controls the West Bank, has been a UN non-member observer state since 2012.
The UNGA has once again rewarded Hamas for the atrocities it committed on Oct. 7. It should be obvious to everyone that Palestine is not a state, and resolutions like this, passed at such a critical time in Israel's existential struggle with terror, only serve to delegitimize Israel's security concerns.
Though the US will almost certainly veto any resolution that would lead to a Palestinian state, it is necessary to demonstrate how isolated Israel has become due to the massacres it has committed in Gaza. The resolution also demonstrates the US' hypocrisy and moral cowardice, as it endlessly shields Israel from accountability while claiming to support human rights.