According to the United Nations website on May 10, on the morning of May 10, local time, the 10th emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution that determined that the State of Palestine meets the membership of the United Nations as stipulated in the Charter of the United Nations and should be admitted as a member of the United Nations.
The draft resolution was submitted by the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the Group of Arab States and received overwhelming majority support. 143 countries, including China, France, and Russia, voted in favor, nine countries including the United States and Israel voted against, and 25 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, and Ukraine, abstained.
So, with the majority support for the adoption of this draft resolution, does Palestine become a Member State? No, because to become a real member, you have to vote on it through the Council.
In that case, what is the purpose of this UN General Assembly resolution? Its main thrust underlines the General Assembly's conviction that Palestine is fully qualified for membership under Article 4 of the Charter and that the membership of the United Nations has generally declared its support for the admission of Palestine as a Member State. The resolution expressed "deep regret and concern" at the one-vote veto of Palestine's application for membership by a permanent member of the Security Council and recommended that the Council reconsider the application for membership of Palestine from a favourable perspective in strict accordance with Article 4 of the Charter. The resolution also grants Palestine a series of rights and privileges to participate in United Nations meetings from the opening of the 79th session of the General Assembly in September this year, including its seating arrangements and the order of its membership in the list of speakers.
After listening to this part, you will know what the core content of this resolution is. Why is this resolution happening?
First of all, why is this resolution happening? This is because Palestine's application for membership in the United Nations had been rejected by one vote in the Security Council. Who voted to veto? by the United States. Countries around the world were indignant and convened an urgent session of the General Assembly. As a result, 143 countries voted in favour of reconsideration by the Council, from a favorable perspective. This resolution confers on Palestine a series of rights and privileges, as well as the arrangement of seats and the order of the list of speakers, on the premise that he is not a Member of the United Nations.
What is the background of this resolution? Basically, it's clear to everyone. However, when I saw netizens discussing this news, they generally believed that although this resolution slapped the United States and Israel in the face, in fact, Palestine still could not join the United Nations, and according to the procedure, it could not bypass the Security Council, and the US veto in the Security Council was almost ironclad.
In this case, does this General Assembly resolution mean that it is meaningless? It's not that it doesn't make sense, but it makes a lot of sense. So what's the point?
First of all, it identifies who is just and who is unjust from an international perspective. Since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, there have been various comments and understandings about the role of Israel and Hamas on the domestic Internet and self-media. Some of them believe that Hamas's seizure of civilian hostages and the killing of Israeli civilians are suspected of terrorism, while others believe that Hamas has thrown Palestinians in the Gaza Strip into dire straits in order to get away with it.
Two days ago, we saw that Israeli forces had stormed Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, cutting off Rafah from all contact with the outside world. So some people say that Hamas is coming to an end, because Israel has formed a "shut-in-door and dog-beating trend". Under the pressure of Israel's overwhelming military power, Hamas has no choice but to die.
So is that really the case? The vote on the General Assembly resolution tells us that it is not. The vast majority of countries in the world are supporting the Palestinian national liberation movement and the struggle of the Palestinians against foreign aggression and oppression.
The overall vote for the resolution was 143 in favour and only 9 against. With the exception of the United States and Israel, most of the remaining seven are small and little-known countries. This shows that the international community's position on the Palestinian-Israeli issue is clear-cut and correct.
So what is a righteous position? Through this vote, I think our domestic self-media should also see it clearly. Interestingly, in addition to the United Kingdom and Germany, Ukraine was among the 25 countries that abstained. At this time, Ukraine is no longer on the side of the oppressed and invaded country.
This incident should make our netizens and friends see clearly that there is a position on everything in international affairs, and at the same time, let us see clearly what kind of position the vast majority of countries in the world stand on the matter of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
If you want to talk about the significance of the passage of this UN General Assembly resolution, I think there is another point: how should we view the fact that Hamas launched the "Al-Aqsa flood" operation, which brought destruction to itself and caused great suffering to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip? How should this be understood?
Today, some people ask, will Hamas be destroyed by Israel? I replied truthfully that such a possibility exists, and note that I am talking about a possibility. But even if this possibility materializes, it does not mean that the Palestinian resistance has since disappeared.
To put it in layman's terms, if one Hamas falls, more Hamas will get up. As for the sacrifices and sufferings inflicted on civilians, we say that any small and weak nation always has to pay a price when resisting powerful invaders and oppressors.
Without bloodshed and sacrifice, without suffering, it is impossible to usher in ultimate liberation, freedom and victory. Let's take a look back and see, if it weren't for the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation, would there be today's General Assembly resolution? Will 143 countries stand together to question and blame the US veto on the Security Council?
From this resolution, we can also see what is the significance of the joint statement on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict issued by our national leader and France during his visit to France two days ago? In this case of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel may appear to be the victor on the military level, but on the political level, I am afraid that it can only be a loser.
War is a continuation of politics, and politics is higher than military affairs. So many countries in the world strongly understand that the Palestinian-Israeli contradictions should be resolved once and for all, and that the State of Palestine should be recognized and recognized by everyone as a member of the United Nations.
This is the result of the Palestinians' bloody sacrifice over the years, and of the Palestinian people's sacrifice and suffering. There can be no glory without suffering, and that's what I'm talking about how I look at Hamas's actions, how I look at the casualties and suffering of the people of Gaza.
At the same time, it can also clearly show who is the real righteous person in this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and who is the party that really enjoys the support of the overwhelming majority of people in the world.