Israel says it has started to refuse visas for UN officials to enter the country as row escalates

Israel has said the “time has come to teach the United Nations a lesson” by banning UN officials from visiting the country – in a row over remarks from secretary-general Antonio Guterres that the deadly 7 October attack by Hamas “did not happen in a vacuum” and had to be seen in the context of decades of occupation of the Palestinians.

  • AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world
    431·
    1 year ago

    This is what happens when you’ve been punching down so long that you actually believe yourself to be strong.

    Picking on the angry kid with no shoes isn’t the same as picking a fight with real power. Don’t worry though, you’re their mascot of how benevolent they delude themselves into believing they still are, since they granted you that land you’re on in the first place, so they’ll pat you on the head and tell you your pretty for your outburst there, mascot.

    • PizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.works
      22·
      1 year ago

      The UN, even the US won’t do anything.

      Remember Israel ran a US citizen (Rachael Corrie) over with an armoured bulldozer and attacked a US warship (USS Liberty) suffering zero consequences both times