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UN votes to back Palestinian membership, prompting Israeli envoy to shred charter (www.theguardian.com)

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The UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage amid global alarm over the war in Gaza and the extent of the humanitarian crisis in the strip. The move drew an immediate rebuke from Israel. Its envoy to the UN, Gilad Erdan, delivered a fiery denunciation of the resolution and its backers before the vote, and fed pages of the UN charter into a shredder. The Palestinian envoy, Riyad Mansour, highlighted that the vote was being held at a time when Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city that is the last haven for many people, faced attack from Israeli forces

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[–] cybervseas 200 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Isn't that the charter that…also acknowledges the statehood of Israel?

[–] [email protected] 88 points 6 months ago

Lmfao oh my lord.... It absolutely is.

[–] SulaymanF 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I remember an Israeli pundit once complained that the UN creating Israel was “the mortgage that never ends” because the Israeli government absolutely loves to demonize the UN but still depends on it.

[–] timewarp 39 points 6 months ago

I think of Karen videos when I see Israel. She is so sensitive and irrational, but yet the US keeps giving her what she wants and only turning her into a bigger Karen. When she doesn't get her way she calls you antisemitic and says you hate Jews.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

Symbolically, that's part of the point.

[–] dgmib 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Stated goals of the UN charter according Wikipedia:

to maintain international peace and security, uphold international law, achieve "higher standards of living" for their citizens, address "economic, social, health, and related problems", and promote "universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.

Did they even read the charter before having their little temper tantrum?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

They disagree with all of that so it checks out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That's the UN charter, not the UN partition plan for mandatory Palestine. Israel was established through military aggression, which is what Russia is currently trying to do in Ukraine.