On the morning of 10 May, the United Nations General Assembly held its tenth emergency special session, which considered the issue of admitting Palestine as a new member of the United Nations and adopted a resolution granting more rights to Palestine.
As early as three days ago, the representative of Israel had said that if this resolution was adopted, the United States could stop funding the United Nations and its subordinate agencies. Under U.S. domestic law, the government may not fund any United Nations organization that grants full membership to a target "not internationally recognized national character." In 2011, for example, when Palestine became a full member of UNESCO, U.S. funding for the agency simply stopped.
The results of the overall vote in the General Assembly showed 143 votes in favor and another 25 abstentions, and in the end only nine countries voted against. This result also sufficiently reflects the attitude of the international community towards the current Palestinian-Israeli situation. Among the nine negative votes, Israel and the United States were joined by a number of smaller countries such as Argentina, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Papua New Guinea.
This time, even many allies of the United States, as well as leading countries of the world, did not object. Even a country as heavily dependent on U.S. aid as Ukraine did not vote against it. Some European countries have opted for the support vote, such as France, but also Ireland, Norway, Belgium, and Iceland. Britain and Germany, on the other hand, chose a neutral position and abstained from voting, which shows the desire of the people.
Therefore, it is only natural that Israel is anxious. If Palestine does attain independent statehood, then all Israeli actions will be considered aggression. If the 1967 borders were confirmed, the land that Israel had worked so hard to gain over the years would be forced to give up, and the condemnation and ridicule they had endured would be meaningless. Therefore, Israel will not agree to a permanent ceasefire and will not be able to support Palestinian statehood.
Moreover, the possibility that Hamas would transform into a Palestinian government force once Palestine is established will make it even more difficult for Israel to find an excuse to send troops. Although joining the United Nations will not change the current situation of war, it is not wrong to say that there is more help for the righteous and less help for the unjust.
However, perhaps Israel had anticipated this outcome before the meeting and had prepared the shredder well in advance. Israel's representative, Erdan, made a startling move before the vote in the General Assembly, shredding the Charter of the United Nations with a paper shredder on the spot, which was a shocking act. It shows that he knows the people's backs, knows that Israel has been unanimously condemned by the international community on the issue of the massacre of Palestinians, and foreknows the outcome of the vote. A set of actions is smooth, and after the performance, the props are left behind and leave the scene in style.
Seeing this scene, do you feel familiar again? That's right, Erdan continues to follow in the glorious footsteps of his predecessors! However, Gaddafi could only tear it by hand back then, and Israel's representative Erdan Qing came out of the blue, and proved with his strength what it means to have a sense of ritual in life, and it is clear that tearing by hand can achieve the same effect, but people must bring a portable shredder. It can only be said that science and technology are advancing, and human beings have finally evolved from the low-level labor of tearing documents by hand to the high-efficiency level of paper shredders. Erdan also changed the embarrassment of his predecessors who tore up the UN Charter several times and couldn't do it!
Although the plot is quite dramatic, it is not surprising when you think about it, after all, this wave is considered to be a big blow to Israel's face, and it is exported in the face. The United States has provided a guarantee for the Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire, but Israel has turned around and quickly attacked Rafah, which seems to be repeating the mistakes of Qaddafi, especially Erdan's blatant tearing up the UN Charter, declaring that "the days of the United Nations are numbered", and seems to have forgotten that the legitimacy of Palestinian statehood is given by the United Nations. Without UN Resolution 181, the Jews would still be a wandering people to this day.
The reason why Erdan dared to tear up the UN Charter following Gaddafi's example was mainly because of the unconditional support of the United States for Israel. However, whether it is the United States' demand for domestic silence on Israel's behavior, or its bottomless partiality towards Israel at the United Nations, these actions are essentially pushing Israel into a dangerous situation.
Further, in addition to the continued deafness and dumbness of the American political elite, the United States' patronage of Israel has aroused widespread resentment at home and abroad. What will happen in the future, the experience of Jews in Europe before World War II may give us some warning. The neglect and repetition of historical tragedies is undoubtedly a serious challenge to human conscience and international justice.