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.

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Everybody has history.
Including the U.N.
And rarely is it palatable.

Israel has consistently broken endless international treaties and agreements. Some of which they helped draft !

The Palestinians (or more accurately) the majority terrorist organisations who say they represent the people of Palestine will also never be satisfied as long as any Jew exists next door.

And the U.N. has never quite recovered from it's blue helmets wandering aimlessly around Yugoslavia as it fell apart and the term ethnic cleansing became a nightly news buzz phrase.

Spout all the alleged history you want. These three protagonists continually play this game as generation after generation watch as nothing changes.