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COUNTERPUNCH: US Vetos Palestine’s Bid for UN membership

APRIL 19, 2024

US Vetos Palestine’s Bid for UN membership

BY ALFRED DE ZAYAS

Ambassador Robert Wood casting the US veto of the draft resolution on admitting Palestine as a member nation of the UN.

On 18 May the Security Council was seized of a resolution that would have granted UN membership to Palestine.Twelve members of the SC voted in favor of the resolution, while two countries – the UK and Switzerland – abstained. The US vetoed it.[1]

I would have been surprised if the US had voted in favor or abstained.  The voting record at the Security Council documents dozens upon dozens of unjustified vetoes by the US, mostly to shield Israel from being called to account, from being subjected to sanctions as once another Apartheid State, South Africa, was[2].

The intransigent attitude displayed again and again by the United States is contrary to the letter and spirit of the UN Charter, in particular articles 1, 2, 4 and 27.  What to me would seem more urgent would be a resolution to expel Israel from membership in the United Nations, as provided for in Article 6 of the Charter.  But, of course, the US would also veto such a hypothetical resolution.

Nonetheless, I could envision the General Assembly withdrawing the accreditation of the Israeli diplomats at the United Nations.  This is within the GA’s competence and does not require a Security Council resolution, as was the case when the credentials of South African Ambassadors were rejected in the 1970s and 80s because of their Apartheid policies[3].  Rejecting Israeli credentials would be justified, since Israel is guilty not only of Apartheid but also of genocide.

Whereas the Global Majority condemns Israel, three cases are before the International Court of Justice, and several have been submitted to the International Criminal Court, the US persists in its negationism of Israeli crimes and evidently enjoys its exceptionalism in being “one-man out”?

It seems that the US is trapped in its own political and psychological web. The US has lost the capacity to think and act outside the box, it is condemned to committing the same errors and exacerbating the already toxic situation.  Many American observers including myself have indicated that after the US government took the unwise decision to enter into an alliance with Israel, this effectively meant subordinating US interests to those of Israel.  It is and was predictable that situations would arise where the US would not be free to pursue its own priorities, but would be bound to support geopolitically unwise policies, abuse the veto power in the Security Council, and act contrary to the letter and spirit of the UN Charter.

For decades the US has supported patently illegal Israeli measures at an exorbitant cost to the US economy and US prestige in the world stage. The Global majority perceives the US and Israel as the greatest dangers to the peace and security of mankind[4].  US actions in the UN and elsewhere have cemented this perception.

The US and Israel are rightly perceived as dangerous bullies.  There is no love lost for the US and Israel. No doubt, the US alliance with Israel has caused the US to lose authority and credibility in the eyes of the Global Majority, precisely because the US has defended the indefensible, justified the unjustifiable, engaged in apology of genocide.  The US alliance with Israel makes it complicit in the illegal Israeli settler-colonialism, in its Apartheid policies, in all the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel. This complicity triggers civil and penal liability, which in due course will have to be addressed. The International Law Commission’s Draft Code on State responsibility [5] will someday be applied against the United States, and Israel which will owe trillions of dollars to the billions of human beings who have been victims of US imperialism and neo-colonialism.

In the history of the United States, nothing has been as damaging as its “alliance” with a retrograde State that pretends to implement Biblical prophecies and destroy its Arab neighbors.  Three thousand years after the conquest of the “promised land”, Prime Minister Netanyahu is now following the narratives of the book of Joshua and the destruction of the Canaanites[6].  It is not surprising that Netanyahu relies on Biblical stories of the destruction of the people of Amalek by the Israelites[7]. Amid the genocidal excesses committed by Israel on the people of Gaza, Netanyahu quoted from First Samuel 15:3, saying, “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. ‘Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys’ It is little wonder that the International Court of Justice is now confronted with this statement – one of so many – that illustrate the Israeli “intent” to destroy “in whole or in part” the targeted group.[8]

Although the US and Israeli interests do not converge, there is a dynamic of complicity and one crime begets another.  Friedrich Schiller wrote in his Drama Piccolomini — das ist der Fluch der Bösen Tat, dass sie fortzeugend Böses muss gebären — that is the curse of the evil act, that it will continue to engender further harm[9].   In fact, the US government has gradually become dependent on its “alliance” with Israel, which is more of a one-way road. Notwithstanding the daily efforts of the mainstream media to whitewash Israeli crimes and to give a veneer of legitimacy to the genocide, more and more Americans are coming to understand that “there is something rotten in the state”[10].   In practice, the US government is quasi in the service of Israel and not in the service of the American people.

The United States is caught in abstruse ideologies that escape all rationality. Israel is not only an Apartheid State, it is a neo-colonial State with policies that are incompatible with the UN Charter, the 1949 Geneva Red Cross Conventions, the 1977 Additional Protocols, and with international law in general.

Perhaps the saddest thing is that the American people are essentially disenfranchised, because both political parties are caught in the Israeli web.  Whether you vote Republican or Democrat, you only get candidates that will continue supporting Israel.  Indeed, saying a good word about the right of Palestinians to have their own State, the idea of seeing the Palestinians as human beings entitled to the same human rights as we claim for ourselves, is rejected by the mainstream media.  Whoever supports the Palestinians is ostracised and accused of anti-Semitism.

The American people are prey to the Orwellianism of the New York Times and Washington Post. Whether you vote Republican or Democrat, it is the military-industrial-financial-academic-media-digital complex that rules over us.  Indeed, those who are elected do not govern, and those who do govern are not elected.

Notes.

[1] https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148731

[2] https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/information

https://sahistory.org.za/dated-event/un-lifts-mandatory-sanctions-against-sa

[3] https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/06/archives/south-africa-is-rebuffed-by-un-but-not-expelled-south-africa.html

[4] https://truthout.org/articles/people-worldwide-name-us-as-a-major-threat-to-world-peace-heres-why/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/05/us-threat-democracy-russia-china-global-poll

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/7/un-secretary-general-invokes-article-99-on-gaza

[5] https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/commentaries/9_6_2001.pdf

[6] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%201&version=NIV

[7] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/biblical-story-amalek-south-africa-icj-genocide-case-israel/103403552

[8] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/netanyahu-openly-calls-for-genocide-citing-the-bible-go-attack-the-amalekites/ar-AA1j282g

[9] https://archive.org/details/thepiccolomini06786gut

[10] Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act-I, Scene-IV

Alfred de Zayas is a law professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and served as a UN Independent Expert on International Order 2012-18. He is the author of twelve books including “Building a Just World Order” (2021) “Countering Mainstream Narratives” 2022, and “The Human Rights Industry” (Clarity Press, 2021).

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live to the security Council to listen

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to the Palestinian ambassador’s reaction

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to the veto a right to live in our

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homeland Palestine as an independent

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state that is free and that is

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Sovereign our right to

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self-determination is

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inalienable it is not tied to a time or

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a time

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frame our right is

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eternal perminent and continuous it

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cannot be

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delayed it cannot be

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suspended and it has no statute of

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limitations it is

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important that this

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right not be subject to manipulation or

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domination or

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conditions especially not by Israel the

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occupying

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power the ethnic cleansing

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power the genocidal

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power the colonial power that is

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determined to evict our people from

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their

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Homeland to eliminate their identity and

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to replace their history and their

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culture and to appro their present and

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their

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civilization and to besiege their future

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and their

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Horizons the people of Palestine will

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not

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disappear we will not

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disappear the people of Palestine will

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not be

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buried they are a historical fact they

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are a history that cannot be

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erased no matter the great power no

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matter the

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Tyranny this Palestinian people the

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Glorious people of Palestine remained on

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their

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land not out of Charity or Mercy from

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Israel but out of patience and

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steadfastness and hope and

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sacrifice despite the

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occupation despite the

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oppression despite Exile

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enslavement

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besiege despite being persecuted and

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displaced and evicted and driven away as

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refugees we have repeatedly warned of

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Israel’s Colonial policy in our

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land which it not simply declares

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openly but now boasts of it

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we have

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warned of the absence of a horizon for

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our

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resolution we have warned of the

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dangers of ignoring the Palestinian

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cause and its Central nature of ignoring

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the suffering of the Palestinian people

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which is only

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growing we have warned of the dangers of

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claiming that a just peace is possible

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in our region

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without a just comprehensive and Lasting

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resolution to the pales question Madam

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President we came to the security

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Council

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today at an important historic moment

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regionally and

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internationally so that we could Salvage

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what can be

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saved we place you before a historic

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responsibility to establish the

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foundations of a just and comprehensive

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peace in our

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region you are before the opportunity to

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revive the hope that has been lost

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amongst our

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peoples we put you before the

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responsibility of interpreting and

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translating your commitment toward the

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two-state solution along the 1967 lines

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into actual action firm action that

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cannot be maneuvered or retracted the

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majority of the security Council Members

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have risen to the level of this historic

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moment and they have stood on the side

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of justice and freedom and hope in line

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with the ethical and humanitarian and

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legal principles that must govern our

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world and in line with simple

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logic here we renew our sincere

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appreciation to Sister Lee

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Algeria and to the Arab and Islamic

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groups and the member states of of the

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non-aligned

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movement and the maltes presidency of

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the council a dedicated presidency that

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has managed our proceedings

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wisely we express our appreciation to

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all of those who

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supported the Palestinian membership

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request and all of those who voted in

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favor of the draft resolution by all of

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your statements those who voted in favor

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and even those who voted

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differently of the passion that it

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contained in your

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commitment

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and uh understanding the pain and the

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moment of the Palestinian

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people I salute you in the name of the

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Palestinian

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people and their

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leadership say the

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r Madam president

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we accepted the two-state solution along

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the

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1967 borders as an international vision

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of

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Peace Arab states put forth the Arab

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peace initiative to support this

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Vision we built our state with the

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efforts of our sons and

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daughters and with the support and Trust

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of the International Community despite

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the obstacles placed by Israel

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we have engaged in the peace process in

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a manner that would secure our Supreme

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national interests and we have abided by

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the

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foundations of a peaceful and legal

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settlement to the conflict the

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Palestinian

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leadership under the presidency of

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President Mahmud

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Abbas continues to be committed to this

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peaceful track and we renew our call for

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an International Peace conference to be

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held under multilateral International

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sponsorship a conference that aims to

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put an end to the Israeli occupation and

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achieve the independence of the State of

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Palestine but the question

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remains is there a true partner for

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peace in Israel is there a partner in

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peace with us in Israel

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Israel

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insists through its consecutive

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governments it insists on maintaining

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occupation on murder on

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Siege on the eviction of people on

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building settlements these are all

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policies and practices that run counter

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to the United Nations Charter and to the

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resolutions of the United Nations and

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all aim to achieve just one objective

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namely to stuff out any hope of

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a sovereign Palestinian state of a

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Palestinian state that exists as a

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viable State Israel believes that the

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state of Palestine is a permanent

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strategic threat to it and will do its

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best to block the sovereignty of a

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Palestinian

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States and to make sure that the

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Palestinian people are exiled away from

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their Homeland or remain under its

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occupation

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forever it is up to you now to

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determine who loves

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peace and who is the enemy of

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Peace who loves peace and who is the

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enemy of

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Peace who wants to save the lives of

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Innocents and who seeks to perpetrate

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genocide

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Israel does not want a two-state

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solution Israel does not want a state of

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Palestine this is Israel’s scheme this

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was approved by the knesset and it’s

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publicly announced by the knesset

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members and it’s very representative in

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this Council and anywhere in the United

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Nations and outside of the United

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Nations does

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so this is a plan that is claimed by

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Israeli government officials and

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politicians Netanyahu even boasted about

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this as a political achievement boasting

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that he succeeded in preventing the rise

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of a Palestinian State he declared this

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in his imaginary map the map that he

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brought with him to the general assembly

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last

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September a map of Israel from the river

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to the Sea

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a map that annihilates the existence of

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Palestine this is the plan of his

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extremist government to get rid of

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Palestine to get rid of the

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Palestinians this

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delusion

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unfortunately costs innocent

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lives and do you know what Israel needs

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implement this delusional

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plan the plan to evict the people and to

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anex a land all it

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needs is more

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time more

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immunity and more lives and

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blood what will the International

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Community do what will you

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do you the International Security

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Council that is charged with the

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maintenance of International Peace and

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security what are you going to do

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what will you do what are

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will will you give Israel the time it

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needs to Annex Palestinian

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land will you give it the immunity to

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evict the people and kill them will you

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give Israel the weapons to kill more

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people will you give her give Israel the

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right to veto to V to our right to exist

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on our

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land to veto the Palestinian State’s

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right to full membership in the United

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Nations palestine’s membership in the

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United Nations is not

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symbolic it is a matter of great

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importance to Palestinians and to the

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peoples of the region at this very

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sensitive time it

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is something that they have been

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awaiting since 1947 since

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1949 until

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92 we’ve been waiting since

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1947 and we are in

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2024

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he this is an important

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step to rectify a historic

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Injustice that befell the Palestinian

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people since the partition resolution

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and through the and until this very

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day it is an important

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step to revive faith in international

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legitimacy in international law and in

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this very organization and its

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Charter and to revive hope in the

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peaceful settlement of the

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conflict giving palestin the membership

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is a manifestation of our right to

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self-determination it consolidates the

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legitimacy of the State of Palestine in

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a manner that is

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irreversible and cannot be denied by any

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party it protects and preserves the land

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of the State of Palestine so that it is

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not divied up as present as happened

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before palestine’s membership in the

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security in the United Nations is an

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investment in peace admit us to

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membership it’s an investment in peace

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our full membership in the United

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Nations does not detract from the rights

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of any other member State nor does this

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membership

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threaten or cancel out the membership of

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any other state we just want to be equal

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to all of

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you we don’t want to replace

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anyone we want to enter your Club as

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equal

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supporting granting Palestine full

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membership has put us on the path of

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Hope to keep the hope

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alive the fact that this resolution did

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not pass will not break our

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will and it will not defeat our

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determination we will not stop in our

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effort the state of Palestine is

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inevitable

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it is

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real perhaps they see it as far away but

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we see it as near and we are the

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faithful Madame President we are the

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ones who experience oppression and

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Injustice we know more than anyone else

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the nature of this oppressive occupation

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because we live it we know best what a

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just solution is and we tell you that

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the time for freedom is

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now for

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Freedom it is the time for free

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Palestine please remember that once this

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session

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adjourns in

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Palestine there are

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Innocents

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paying the

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price with their lives and the lives of

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their children the price of the

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Israeli action a price to the double

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standards the blind bias towards Israel

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the price for the delay in Justice

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freedom and peace Madame

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President the Palestinian people have

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borne more than they can

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handle they have suffered all forms of

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torture at the hands of the Israeli

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occupier it has become clear

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now more than any time if that this

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glorious

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people have not and will not forfeit

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their right to their

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land

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despite the gra gravity of the suffering

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of the tragedy of the

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destruction of displacement our

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Palestinian people have never lost their

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Humanity our Palestinian people now are

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searching for the remnants of

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life and they will not find

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a people who have a stronger desire to

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live an ordinary life like our people in

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Gaza Gaza of Pride Gaza of Glory

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our Palestinian

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people wherever they

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are want

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life they cling onto

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life just like the other peoples on this

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planet the Palestinians are a people who

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aspire to freedom to a dignified life to

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a peaceful existence

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the people of Palestine will not

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disappear the people of Palestine will

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not be

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buried the Palestinian people have never

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been

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unnecessary you either do Us

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justice or you do it

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justice we love life to live in Freedom

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and dignity in our national

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Homeland we will not disappear

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either you deal with us with

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fairness and give us our rights or give

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us our rights thank you very

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much I thank the permanent Observer