UN Slams Israel's killings of civillians - Only USA not in favour of vote.

[Jamski]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - With the United States abstaining, the U.N. Security Council Wednesday demanded that Israel halt the demolition of Palestinian homes and condemned the killing of Palestinian civilians near a Gaza refugee camp.

The decision by the United States, Israel's closest ally, to allow the adoption of a critical resolution reflected the Bush administration's displeasure at Israel's foray into Gaza.

The final vote was 14-0, with U.S. deputy ambassador James Cunningham abstaining.

The last time the United States abstained in a Security Council vote against Israeli actions was Sept. 24, 2002, when a resolution calling on Israel to withdraw its forces from Palestinian cities passed 14-0. The United States refrained from vetoing the resolution after language demanding that the Palestinians bring terrorists to justice was inserted.

So only the damn yanks are against this practically unilateral resolution, and even then they had to be placated to stop them using their veto.

Bastards.

-Jam

[Jamski]

Oh, source...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4109824,00.html

Very relyable.

-Jam

[GePap]

Well, I think the surprise is the US abstained, as opposed to vetoing it. That is the rarity here.

[SlowwHand]

This would be amusing if it wasn't so damned stupidly sad.

[Jamski]

I mean, I'm not anti-american, but when the rest of the security council condemn Israel, why is it always the US that stands alone? For God's sake, they're killing civillians every day there.

I don't know what my point is, I'm just generally low-grade angry.

-Jam

[Verto]

The US allows the UN resolution to pass, and people are still moaning.

[Last Conformist]

On this issue, I think the US abstaining amounts to progress.

[chequita guevara]

Frankly, the fact that the U.S. didn't veto this is a major slap to Israel.

[Verto]

As the article states, it "reflected the Bush administration's displeasure at Israel's foray into Gaza."

[Nubclear]

If US pulls support for Israel, I bet Israel would disappear within the week.

[Jamski]

Is this then a U-Turn on a cornerstone Republican policy since the 60's, or just a blip?

-Jam

[Verto]

I would say it is a slap on the wrist to Israel.

[Last Conformist]

Hardly a U-turn. More like another down in Bush's sine oscillation on the issue.

[Imran Siddiqui]

The US allows the UN resolution to pass, and people are still moaning.

I think the thing is that the Bush administration WAS displeased at Israel and DID back the resolution, but for some wierd reason or simply not to piss off Israel too much didn't vote FOR it.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Jamski
Is this then a U-Turn on a cornerstone Republican policy since the 60's, or just a blip?

-Jam

Eh? Nixon was more pro-Arab than pro-Israeli. He was quite the anti-Semite.