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The Owen Jones Podcast

Israel Isolated As UN Orders Ceasefire

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

News, Government, News & Politics, Politics

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

It's not looking good for the Israeli state.

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0:00.0

Is Western complicity in Israel's genocide of war against Gaza without which this entire atrocity would have proved impossible, finally falling apart?

0:07.8

Yesterday the United Nations Security Council voted for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

0:13.0

It was a motion table by the 10 non-permanent members

0:16.0

and voted for by all of them,

0:19.0

plus four of the permanent members.

0:21.0

That includes Britain, as well as France, Russia and China.

0:25.0

And crucially, the United States, that is Israel's patron, which allows Israel to do what it wishes,

0:29.8

given it's the world's only superpower that matters, abstained In other words it did not use its veto as it is previously

0:36.2

done over and over again to prevent this resolution from passing.

0:40.6

Alas an amendment proposed by Russia calling for a permanent ceasefire did not pass not to give

0:44.6

Russia credit here given what it's doing to Ukraine and what it did to say Chechty have many years ago.

0:50.0

Its motives are certainly not pure but driven by crude strategic calculation

0:54.4

that the US has further destroyed its own global power and the likes of Russia

0:57.8

are looking to fill the vacuum cultivating relationships for example across the

1:00.9

Middle East.

1:01.9

But Niesmas doesn't matter in this context who's proposing the Middle East. But Nizmos, doesn't matter in this context,

1:04.0

who's proposing the right thing, wherever the reasons may be.

1:08.0

Nonetheless, this resolution passing is an important step

1:11.0

and was hailed by Ria Manseur, the Palestinian representative at the United Nations,

1:15.2

as a belated vote for humanity to prevail.

1:18.0

It places demands on all parties to comply with their obligations under international law,

1:22.0

accordingly he applaud all attacks on civilians

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