With an eye on future U.N. Security Council resolutions concerning Gaza, Dan Becker discusses a possible mechanism in the U.N. Charter to force the U.S. to abstain from voting.
Gaza & UN Veto Power
Category: U.N. Security Council
How the ICC Is Overcoming Israeli Impunity
Ramzy Baroud on the power paradigm that long defined the West’s relationship with Palestine and, by extension, the Global South.
WATCH: UN Security Council on Rafah
The U.N. Security Council met on Wednesday to debate Israel’s ongoing assault on the Gazan city of Rafah, where it has been condemned for civilian deaths.
Iraq Wants UN Mission Gone by 2025
UN Vote Was for Palestinian Membership, Not Statehood
In a blow to the U.S., the U.N. General Assembly voted Friday to give Palestine, whose statehood it has already acknowledged, full U.N. membership, forcing the U.S. into another embarrassing veto at the Security Council, says Joe Lauria.
Vijay Prashad: Landless Brazilians & Gaza
The mass food drive for Gaza was also a campaign to contest the growth of Christian Zionism in the country and deepen ties with the Palestinian struggle.
Caitlin Johnstone: US Doesn’t Want ‘2-State Solution’
As the vote on full U.N. membership for Palestine shows, the only way to understand the U.S.-centralized global power structure is to watch what its officials do, not say.
WATCH: US Vetoes Palestine UN Membership as Russia Walks Out
UPDATED: Video of U.N. Security Council meeting Thursday when the U.S. vetoed full U.N. membership for Palestine as the Russian delegation walked out in protest before Israel’s speech. Joe Lauria reports.
US & UK Again Fail Palestine
Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares on the two powers that have done the most to wreck the Middle East.
WATCH: UN Security Council Meets on Iran-Israel Conflict
Watch as the council debated rising Mideast tensions after Iran retaliated Sunday for Israel’s attack on its embassy in Damascus.