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Israel's row with the UN.

Israel is in the process of banning UN officials after the general secretary's comments.

He condemned Hamas and also said that their actions didn't happen in a vacuum. He also said that Israel had committed war crimes and was inflicting collective punishment on Palestinians.

I have read his comments and I can't see how what he said was wrong. The Israeli government themselves have said that all people in Gaza are responsible for what Hamas did. They are also clearly acting on that assumption and collective punishment is a war crime according the the UN's own rules.

That Palestinians have been existing under military occupation is likewise irrefutable. Is this a sign that movers and shakers of world politics are moving against the actions of the Netanyahu government? I really hope that it is.
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Northwest · M
This is part of an Israeli attempt to control the narrative, and shame the world into accepting the Netanyahu government's version of the story.

Inclusion of any sub-contexts, and even the main context, which is the occupation of Palestinian land and the absence of a Palestinian State, will force people to take into consideration the suffering of the Palestinian people, and that is something Netanyahu's government cannot take.

Leaks from within the US State department, also indicate that the State Department is making sure that none of these sub-contexts are part of any State Department, or Administration communication. The WaPo is reporting a brewing insurrection within the State Department, as this is the sort of thing, that ties their hands, as they do their daily job: communicate with world government.

Even within the US media, the message is clear: if you try to include the sub-contexts in anything you say, you will instantly be black listed. You will also be fired from your job, or if you have a job offer, it will be rescinded, and if you are an educational institution, your funds will evaporate.

World governments are now frustrated with how long this it taking, and the human impact.

I expect Netanyahu to be gone soon, and post-Gaza will see not only a revival of the 2-state solution, but also a major push for it, from the same groups that today do not want it to be discussed.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@Northwest I hope you are right in your predictions