Resolution on Gaza: The US More Interested In Word Play Than In Peace In Gaza
By
New Age Islam Staff Writer
23 December
2023
Hamas Calls
The UN Resolution 'Empty Of Its Essence'
Main
Points:
1. Russia said
the resolution will give Israel more freedom.to Israel to clear Gaza.
2. The
resolution only calls for humanitarian pauses in attacks and humanitarian
corridors.
3. The resolution
does not call for ceasefire.
4. It calls for
immediate release of all hostages.
5. UAE is not
happy with the resolution.
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The UN
Security Council Resolution was passed on Friday after its language was watered
down and it was made toothless. The resolution does not call for a ceasefire at
the insistence of the US because Israel and the US felt a ceasefire would
benefit Hamas. But what was approved will eventually benefit Israel. The UN
press release says :
"The Security Council reaffirmed the obligations
of the parties to the conflict under international humanitarian law, especially
regarding the protection of civilians and civilian objects, safety of
humanitarian personnel, and the provision of humanitarian assistance.”
The Council
demanded that the parties “allow, facilitate and enable” the immediate, safe
and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale directly to the
Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip.
It also
requested the UN Secretary-General to appoint a Senior Humanitarian and
Reconstruction Coordinator with responsibility for “facilitating, coordinating,
monitoring, and verifying” in Gaza, as appropriate, the humanitarian nature of
all relief consignments to the enclave provided through States that are not party
to the conflict.
It also
called for the “expeditious” establishment of a UN mechanism to accelerate aid
consignments to Gaza through States that are not party to the conflict, to
expedite, streamline and accelerate assistance while continuing to help ensure
that aid reaches its civilian destination."
The
resolution keeps only the interests of Israel in mind as it does not want a
cessation of hostilities even though Israel is trying to reach a deal with
Hamas for the release of its citizens in Hamas captivity. It wants a temporary
ceasefire with Hamas but at the UN, its biggest ally, the US, opposes any move
in favour of a ceasefire. It speaks of the double standards of the US and
Israel. The UN resolution was postponed four times and the US vetoed a resolution
calling for a ceasefire on December 8 clearly indicating that it does not want
peace in Gaza.
The
resolution only says that the parties will ensure humanitarian pauses and
corridors so that the humanitarian aid reaches the people of Gaza but the aid
agencies feel that aid cannot reach the Gazans in the midst of an offensive.
Russia said that the resolution will only give Israel more freedom to clear
more parts of Gaza. On the day the resolution was passed, Israel launched
another offensive in south Gaza ordering the citizens to evacuate Al Bureiji
pushing them further South. Israel has pursued the strategy to keep pushing
Gazans down south and confine them in a narrow tract of land. By not including
the word ceasefire, the UN gave Israel the freedom to clear Gaza and bombard
innocent civilians.
In the
mechanism of distribution of aid material, the resolution has given Israel the
freedom to interfere so that it can prevent the inflow of fuel into Gaza.
Israel has stopped the entry of fuel into Gaza on the pretext that it may reach
Hamas. The US argued that if the aid delivery was made under direct supervision
of the UN, Hamas might smuggle weaponry into Gaza. The mechanism of delivering
aid into Gaza was also a bone of contention.
The UAE
ambassador to the UN, Lana Nusseibah was not happy with the resolution because
she thought that without a ceasefire, it was difficult to deliver humanitarian
aid to Gazans effectively.
The US
abstained because the resolution did not include condemnation of Hamas in clear
terms though it condemned all forms of terrorism. The UN Secretary General
Antonio Guterres has been critical of Israel for its massacre of innocent
civilians and its 75 years of occupation of Palestine which evoked bitter
criticism from Israel demanding his resignation. Antonio Guterres had said that
Hamas' 7 October attacks did not happen in a vacuum. In fact, in West Bank,
Israel has continually been at war in West Bank where Israeli forces and
illegal settlers regularly kill and arrest West Bankers. The atrocities
perpetrated by Israel in West Bank would go unnoticed and unreported before 7
October. The hostage swap in November brought to fore the extent of persecution
of West Bankers by Israeli forces. The people were incarcerated for 8 to 15
years for no crime or for pelting stones or on false charges. This war has
brought to light the sufferings of Palestinians under Israel 's occupation. The
people of West Bank are made to live in ghettoes. They can not draw water from
wells and cannot walk on roads meant only for Israeli settlers. On checkpoints,
the West Bankers are stopped and harassed. Ambulances carrying serious patients
are made to wait for hours. Some times, patients die waiting at checkposts.
These atrocities did not make headlines, nor Human Rights Watch and other
Rights organisations reported these atrocities.
In Gaza,
Israel has committed grave war crimes since 7 October. It has destroyed all the
hospitals in north Gaza and only 8 hospitals are operational in south Gaza. The
UN resolution did not address this issue and Israel was not made accountable
for that. The resolution calls for 'urgent steps' to lay the ground work "
for a sustainable cessation of hostilities " meaning dismantling of Hamas
totally so that it cannot attack Israel in future.
The US
opposed ceasefire in Gaza because it is Israel that continue its bombardment of
Gaza hospitals, schools, refugee camps and ambulances. And ceasefire would mean
Israel's bombardment of Gaza. The US and Israel only agreed on allowing aid
trucks enter Gaza through designated corridors, pausing attacks for required
time. But it remains to be seen if Israel pays heed to the resolution as it has
killed more than fifty UN aid workers and medical professionals in the last two
months without being held accountable.
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