On the afternoon of April 18, the results of the UN Security Council vote were released, and Palestine did not become a member of the UN as it wished. Of the 15 voting countries, Switzerland and the United Kingdom abstained, the United States voted against and 12 other countries, including China, voted in favor. It was 12:1, but according to the rules of the Security Council, Palestine still did not succeed.
Now, China, Russia, and a large number of Arab countries are denouncing the United States. In such a way of "defying the condemnation of the world," the United States really deserves to be spurned. But now that the outcome has been decided, we should now focus on what will happen next in the Middle East.
On April 18, Guterres, secretary general of the United Nations Security Council, officially told the world: "The situation in the Middle East is on the edge of a precipice, and a full-scale regional conflict may be staged at any time!" Yes, the United States thought that if it voted for it, it would help Israel, but the real situation was that after they voted for it, the most dangerous moment in the Middle East was just around the corner.
Why do you say that? Let's analyze what state the forces are in now:
The first is the Hamas side.
A few months ago, why did Hamas risk its life to provoke the situation in the Middle East, why did it attack Israel itself? because it really couldn't live anymore, because it really didn't want the people of Gaza to live in the "world's largest open-air prison" anymore. We do not approve of Hamas manipulating Israeli civilians, but we understand what life the Palestinians have been doing over the past few decades. This time the Palestinian entry into the United Nations failed, Hamas and other Palestinian armed forces will not endure it anymore, and then Israel itself is in danger!
Many netizens may say: "Israel's military is so strong, Hamas can't help them at all!" But the question is, the whole country is under intense defense 365 days a year, can Israel afford to consume it? You know, they were beaten by Iran a few days ago, but they spent $1 billion on defense. And the cost of Iran's missiles is less than 10% of theirs. How many years does Israel want to fight such a golden war?
Second, the United States may not be able to hold back Iran and those Arab countries in the Middle East.
On April 18, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said to the outside world: "Iran's nuclear facilities are ready to be defended to deal with the threat!" This shows that Iran is ready for another big war with Israel, as long as the Israeli army dares to move.
Israel is now in a difficult position: if it does not fight Iran, pro-Iranian forces such as the Houthis, Iranian militias, and Allah in Lebanon throw rockets at Israel every day; On April 17, Iran held its annual military parade, and the Iranian president also said in public that he was not afraid of Israel.
In addition to this, the attitude of those Arab countries is now also important. Yes, they are really not united enough, more than 30,000 people have died in Gaza, and they have not dared to stand up. But the problem is that not daring to deal directly with Israel does not mean that Israel will be better off in the Middle East in the future. Saudi Arabia, the big man in the Middle East, has now made it clear that as long as Palestine cannot establish an independent state, it will not truly accept the normalization of relations with Israel. This attitude cannot be changed even after Blinken ran to Saudi Arabia several times.
To sum up, the US veto is equivalent to throwing a lighter at the powder keg in the Middle East. It is difficult to say when and in which direction the situation will explode. In the past two days, fighting has resumed in Gaza, and the Lebanese Allah Party is still throwing rockets into Israel...... More relevant developments, let's stay tuned. May there be peace in the world!