Israel to re-assess UN ties after settlement vote

[rooster59]

Israel to re-assess UN ties after settlement vote

 

 

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will re-assess its ties with the United Nations, after the Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building on occupied Palestinian territory.

 

The resolution was able to pass after the United States chose not to use its veto.

 

 

“I instructed the Foreign Ministry to complete within a month a re-evaluation of all our contacts with the United Nations, including the Israeli funding of UN institutions and the presence of UN representatives in Israel,” Netanyahu said on Saturday, a day after the vote.

 

“I have already instructed to stop about 30 million shekels ($7.8 million) in funding to five UN institutions, five bodies, that are especially hostile to Israel … and there is more to come,” he said.

 

The Israeli leader did not name the institutions or offer any further details.

 

On the ground for Israelis and Palestinians, the vote has stirred strong feelings.

 

“The UN’s resolution? I think the UN never represented the state of Israel,” said Shlomo Levi, a resident of the Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem.

 

“It was always against it. We will continue, as always, to do what we see as right, for the benefit of the state of Israel and for the benefit of the people of Israel.”

 

 

Not surprisingly, reactions are different on the Palestinian side although hopes of change are tempered by fears the resolution will only have symbolic value.

 

“Nothing will change,” said Khalil Jemzawi, a resident of Ramallah in the West Bank.

 

“It is all just politics and talk. Hopefully this step will be good for our people. However, we did not expect this vote. Hopefully it won’t only be politics, talk and pen on paper. We want it to be implemented on the ground.”

 

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat hailed the resolution on what he called “a day of hope, a day of peace”.

 

“We hope that this clear message to the Israeli people is that they must accept the international community’s call to stop settlement activity, to stop the occupation,” he said.

 

Friday’s resolution was passed by the 15-member council with 14 votes in favour and one abstention, that of the United States.

 

Barack Obama defied pressure from long-time US ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to wield its veto.

 

While the vote sends a strong signal, it does indeed change nothing on the ground and likely will be all but ignored by the incoming Trump administration.

 

Due to be sworn into office on January 20, Trump wrote on Twitter after the vote, “As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th”.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-12-25

[Ulysses G.]

“Nothing will change,” said Khalil Jemzawi, a resident of Ramallah in the West Bank."

 

He is right. It is a toothless resolution and - rightly so - Trump will completely ignore it..

 

[DavidVincent]

Yeah leave the UN Israel, follow your own path, show the duplicity of your government even more. This resolution is a slap in the face and even if not a lot will change, the reaction of israeli gpvernment shows one more time they still want to settle, steal land, get rid of the west bank and do not want a solution.. And whatever trump WILL do he won t be able to get rid of this resolution. 

 

[pegman]

It should be tossed out as a rogue state.  Economic sanctions  should be imposed.  South Africa's apartheid practices were overturned  by those methods and so too can Israel's apartheid regime  of Nutty Yahoo. 

[jaidam]

UN is having a terrible day on several fronts not least of which Rudy D is threatening to burn down their headquarters in New York. For many years the UN has been a hive of corruption and a useless waste of money, a lot of money. Israel is better of leaving.

[Scott]

Off-topic post removed.  

[Ulysses G.]

Just now, jaidam said:

UN is having a terrible day on several fronts not least of which Rudy D is threatening to burn down their headquarters in New York. For many years the UN has been a hive of corruption and a useless waste of money, a lot of money. Israel is better of leaving.

 

Probably the USA too. The UN is rotten with malfeasance.

 

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[ezzra]

He's echoing my post of yesterday that nothing will change, admittedly, it's an added headache for Israel having to deal with what the disappointed Of Israel in the voting preferences of courtiers known to be friendly to Israel, Israel has started with  reciprocal treatment of the above courtiers by cancelling high ranking diplomatic visits to Israel and withdrawing aid and assistance to some of the courtiers that while receiving aid are voting against it, It was also reported that Joe Biden has personally telephone some head of states to insure their vote in support of the resolution, if this is not dirty politics, I don't know what is.....

[Raymonddiaz]

Israel is the only country on earth which can ignore UN resolution without any consequences. USA has never been a fair broker between Israel and Palestine. This conflict is one of the fuel of terrorism.

[ezzra]

3 hours ago, pegman said:

It should be tossed out as a rogue state.  Economic sanctions  should be imposed.  South Africa's apartheid practices were overturned  by those methods and so too can Israel's apartheid regime  of Nutty Yahoo. 

 

To all the bigots of this world that keep pointing the finger at Israel..... As long as Syria, Iran, Yemen N. Korea and similar countries with appalling and atrocious human treatment records where real  systematic genocide is going on while the world busy fiddling over Israel treatment of the Palestinians,

[Ulysses G.]

8 minutes ago, Raymonddiaz said:

Israel is the only country on earth which can ignore UN resolution without any consequences.

 

 

The UN is FAR from an honest broker. There is good reason for the USA to veto corrupt votes.

 

 

Edited December 25, 2016 by Ulysses G.

[stevenl]

10 minutes ago, ezzra said:

 

To all the bigots of this world that keep pointing the finger at Israel.....

As long as Syria, Iran, Yemen N. Korea and similar countries with appalling

and atrocious human treatment records where real systematic genocide

is going on while the world busy fiddling over Israel treatment of the Palestinians,

Boohoohoo, they are bad boys too. I dont accept that excuse from my boy. Israel should be better than this.

[Ulysses G.]

7 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Boohoohoo, they are bad boys too.

 

 

That is ridiculous. Syria, Iran, Yemen and N. Korea are nowhere in the same league. Pretending otherwise is sick.

[Raymonddiaz]

34 minutes ago, Ulysses G. said:

 

 

The UN is FAR from an honest broker. There is good reason for the USA to veto corrupt votes.

 

 

you are colonizing a country and you expect everyone to be with you. Do you have any brain cells left?

[stevenl]

22 minutes ago, Ulysses G. said:

 

 

That is ridiculous. Syria, Iran, Yemen and N. Korea are nowhere in the same league. Pretending otherwise is sick.

Exactly.

 

Oh, and quote the whole post, you have changed the meaning now.

Edited December 25, 2016 by stevenl

[spiritrace]

Israel will bail out with this back stabbing by Obama......

Trump will politely ask the UN to go elsewhere.

OH! They no longer get our money........

 

What goes around comes around.

[pegman]

I've looked for a list of the 14 countries that voted for the resolution but none of the Zionist controled western media I have seen are reporting it. Obviously the rest of the permanent members like Great Briton and France did. It's pretty funny how much the Israel lobby owned USA Congress members are squealing. All that money spent and now this great betrayal. 555  Israel says it will sanction the countries that sponsored the resolution. That includes New Zealand. I think my country, Canada, and all 52 Commonwealth countries need to  respond  to this action against  our fellow member and immediately place an embargo on all trade and services with Israel. 

[Ulysses G.]

1 hour ago, Raymonddiaz said:

you are colonizing a country and you expect everyone to be with you. Do you have any brain cells left?

 

Huh? What "country" did anyone "colonize".  Time to read some history. Hillel Neuer has more than enough brain cells.

[gamini]

3 hours ago, jaidam said:

UN is having a terrible day on several fronts not least of which Rudy D is threatening to burn down their headquarters in New York. For many years the UN has been a hive of corruption and a useless waste of money, a lot of money. Israel is better of leaving.

Yes I agree in some ways. But Israel should have been kicked out of the UN ages ago for its  Zionist fascist government policies.

[pegman]

These are the so called "bigot countries" that voted for the resolution. Spain, UK, France,  New Zealand, Ukraine...... Sure some pots  calling the kettle black on this  thread. 

http://www.un.org/en/sc/members/

[mzanzi]

3 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

 

 

That is ridiculous. Syria, Iran, Yemen and N. Korea are nowhere in the same league. Pretending otherwise is sick.

Israel is in the same league , common murdering terrorist nation backed by America is the only difference.

[Srikcir]

2 hours ago, pegman said:

I've looked for a list of the 14 countries that voted for the resolution

As Pegman noted:

There are 15 nations in the Security Council: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States, Angola, Japan, Egypt, Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal, Spain, Ukraine, Uruguay and Venezuela. (permanent members in bold)

The USA abstained, leaving 14 to vote on the resolution - all 14 voted for the resolution.

[Jingthing]

2 hours ago, gamini said:

Yes I agree in some ways. But Israel should have been kicked out of the UN ages ago for its  Zionist fascist government policies.

Another one that seems to think Zionist is a dirty word.

Dude, if you want to criticize Israeli government policies, just say so.

Demonizing insinuations about Zionism in general are just hateful. 

Specific Israeli government policies are not the same thing as Zionism.

As far as the word fascist, yes there have been some fascist elements in Israeli government policies. 

See, it's not that hard to say what you mean without bleeding into hate rhetoric. 

Edited December 25, 2016 by Jingthing

[Dipterocarp]

The official policy of the USA  is opposition to settlements. Even Bush. This however never would have happened under any other administration.

Obama the leftist radical joining the pack of Jackals to rhetorically throw Israel under the bus. A  gesture that will soon be negated.

Starting to warm to Trump.  Perhaps the people of NYC have had enough traffic jams, hotel maid rapes, "accredited diplomats" driving like animals and parking everywhere with diplomatic plates.

Trump should use his property development experience to arrange replacement with Condos. Then relocate the lot of them to a lower impact site,  perhaps Ottawa? Much better platform for wonderful supporters of Freedom the likes of Gaddafi, Chavez, and Achmedinejad to harangue America from.

 

[dexterm]

3 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

 

Huh? What "country" did anyone "colonize".  Time to read some history. Hillel Neuer has more than enough brain cells.

You changed the tense of Raymonddiaz's post to deliberately alter its meaning.
He wrote..
you are colonizing a country

You wrote

What "country" did anyone "colonize". 

 

As usual, you are trying to deflect by engaging readers in an endless debate of defining the terms: country, territory, region, area, land. 

 

Could we examine the present and look to the future.

 

Right now: Over 70% of the world's countries recognize the State of Palestine, the Palestinian flag is flying outside the UN, and Palestinian passports are to be issued.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine

 

 

[dexterm]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Another one that seems to think Zionist is a dirty word.

Dude, if you want to criticize Israeli government policies, just say so.

Demonizing insinuations about Zionism in general are just hateful. 

Specific Israeli government policies are not the same thing as Zionism.

As far as the word fascist, yes there have been some fascist elements in Israeli government policies. 

See, it's not that hard to say what you mean without bleeding into hate rhetoric. 

It would be helpful if you defined Zionism, other than in the vague terms "self determination for the Jewish people in a Jewish State", while hiding the real suffering of Palestinians that results from denial of their self determination too.

 

The reality is of course that this demographic superiority can only be achieved by unlimited Jewish immigration from all over the world by people who have never set eyes on the place before, while Palestinian refugees who still hold the keys to their ancestral homes just a few miles away are not allowed to return. (all contrary to the Geneva Convention mentioned in the OP UN resolution ..well worth a read http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.761030)

 

But not content with that, the current Israeli government in the OP is repeating the process in the West Bank with illegal colonies (disguised with the feel good word "settlements" as though no-one is harmed in the process) of Jewish only communities, often on land not simply conquered in 1967 but for which the Palestinian landowners have the title deed stretching back generations. And if the Palestinians object they are moved on at the barrel of a gun, beaten up, imprisoned and sometimes murdered.

 

Do you deny that any of this happens under the aegis of Zionism?

 

That is why I object to Zionism, and that is why 14 brave nations voted for the current UN resolution and Obama (albeit bit late in the day) abstained. 

 

And that is why Israel is spitting the dummy threatening to re-assess its ties with the UN, because their illegal actions have been exposed.Their dirty linen has been aired.

[KenKadz]

If Israel and Netanyahu get angry enough maybe they will stop taking the $6 billion from U.S. Taxpayers every year that the U.S. Government has been giving them for 70 years with no justification.

From here my thoughts digress into terms like terrorist state, founded by terrorists (sten gang), self-serving, manipulative, opportunists.

[Jingthing]

35 minutes ago, KenKadz said:

If Israel and Netanyahu get angry enough maybe they will stop taking the $6 billion from U.S. Taxpayers every year that the U.S. Government has been giving them for 70 years with no justification.

From here my thoughts digress into terms like terrorist state, founded by terrorists (sten gang), self-serving, manipulative, opportunists.

Digress indeed.

 

Edited December 25, 2016 by Jingthing

[up-country_sinclair]

Edit.

Edited December 25, 2016 by up-country_sinclair

[Grouse]

I think we're all getting a little tired of hearing Israel bleating on about things.....