The UN's Risible Canards
The spokesman for Hamas gravely stated appreciation of "friendly countries" that voted in favour of a report that even its lead author now appears to feel has been interpreted/corrupted beyond his intentions. Not that Judge Goldstone did any favours to the world in giving what amounts to a green light to International Jihad Incorporated to pursue its agenda, tying the hands of free democracies in the process, to defend themselves against the slaughter of their populations.The Hamas terrorist, speaking on behalf of political/social/religious Hamas in control of Gaza - which feels its agenda implicit to the destruction of Israel to have been rubber-stamped, also stated his entity's belief that the United Nations Human Rights Council's vote endorsing the Goldstone Report on Israel's response to Gaza's assaults, passing it on to the UN Security Council for further resolution toward the International Criminal Court - anticipates the "beginning of the prosecution of the leaders of the occupation".
This would most certainly set a world precedent. That the International Criminal Court would undertake to prosecute the government and the military of a free democracy forced to launch a defensive strike against a terror group intent in its destruction. One that governsa territory alongside the borders of that free state, would most certainly bring in an entirely new era of conflict resolution. The very resolution, which was drafted by the Palestinians alongside Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan and Tunisia on behalf of non-aligned African, Islamic and Arab nations poses a direct threat to peace in the Middle East.
As goes that geography, so too does the world at large, in a looming, Pyrrhic domino effect. The ceaseless infiltration of jihadist groups around the Globe, their presence on the Internet where they are able to entice and conscript Muslim youth to the Islamist cause, will have experienced a gigantic boost of confidence in their ability to successfully utilize Western, democratic-based human-rights laws gone askew, for their purposes of bloody conquest.
The resolution, as it stands, "strongly condemns all policies and measures taken by Israel, the occupying power, including those limiting access of Palestinians to their properties and holy sites", completely taking matters out of any context to the realities of circumstances brought to bear which the Government of Israel and its security forces have had to deal with. Such as rampaging, rock-throwing Palestinians who refuse to allow religious Jews access to their own holy sites, inclusive of Israeli sovereignty.
And which, in any event, bears little relation to the larger issue of the Israel/Gaza conflict to begin with. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is now tasked with ensuring that the UN Security Council becomes involved in a matter brought forward by the thoroughly discredited UN Human Rights Council, determined to continue its one-sidedly isolation, persecution, humiliation and slander of Israel, as frequently and as blatantly as it can. Because it can.
Judge Goldstone may now condemn the UN resolution that was given momentum by his 574-page report on Operation Cast Lead, but his utility as a presumed neutral, highly respected authority who allowed himself to be used for the Council's Israel-damning purposes is now history. "There is not a single phrase (in the UN resolution) condemning Hamas, as we have done in the report", lamented Judge Goldstone.
Precisely, and for this Hamas gives its sincere thanks.
Labels: Conflict, Israel, Political Realities, United Nations
posted by Pieface @ Saturday, October 17, 2009
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