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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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[–] Linkerbaan 60 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Here's the video of that moment. Warning: massive cringe

[–] [email protected] 69 points 6 months ago (3 children)

A fucking mini paper shredder? It isn't even an emotional outburst but a preconceived demonstration? They actually planned out getting that little thing for him?

[–] FinalRemix 39 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It was a premeditated tantrum! Oh, my sides.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Premeditated Tantrum would be an excellent punk rock band name.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Everything is a punk rock band name if you just try hard enough.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This would never fit on a marquee.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Needs to be on one of those giant dot matrix light signs so it can be animated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

They don't play where there are marquees.

Who are great live by the way.

[–] m13 6 points 6 months ago

And the tiny little papers! Aww 🥺

[–] cosmicrookie 12 points 6 months ago

Its actually in the article thumbnail

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

When he came home he played a sad song on

[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"You are shredding the UN charter...with your own hands."

As he shreds the UN charter...with his own hands.

[–] TimeNaan 2 points 6 months ago

With a tiny shredder that he calls "a mirror". Clown show.

[–] cosmicrookie 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

'You are shredding the UN charter with your own hands!' In between him putting each page of the charter into the shredder... smh

[–] feedum_sneedson 9 points 6 months ago

Deeply embarrassing, why didn't he just tear it up?

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please 18 points 6 months ago

“Fiery denunciation” is a laughable overstatement, and the fact that they planned out this mini tantrum with a mini paper shredder is just outright comical.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Swing and a miss, that one!