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Israel now demands unconditional support This conflict between Israel and the UN
from the organization, particularly in the reminds us of a similar dynamic from Israel’s
context of its genocide in both Gaza and pre-state era, specifically during the time of
Lebanon. Any criticism or attempt by the UN the British Mandate. After World War I, the
to hold Israel accountable for actions that League of Nations granted Britain control
clearly violate international law is met with over Palestine. The British strongly supported
disdain and accusations of bias. The irony here the Zionist cause, most notably through the
is that the very institution that granted Israel Balfour Declaration of 1917, which promised
the legitimacy to become a sovereign state is the establishment of a "national home for the
now perceived by Israel as an adversary. This Jewish people" in Palestine. However with the
contradiction becomes even funnier when one growing waves of Jewish immigration, Britain
considers the UN’s original intent: to provide a attempted to limit Zionist ambitions. In
platform for dialogue, peace, and international response, militant Zionist groups such as
cooperation. For Israel, the UN’s value seems Irgun and Lehi (the Stern Gang) launched
to lie only in its ability to reinforce Israel’s violent campaigns against British rule. One of
actions even when they result in a massacre. the most infamous incidents was the bombing
Israel's stance towards the UN has become one of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1946,
of entitlement, where only unconditional which served as the British administrative
support is acceptable, and any form of headquarters. The attack, carried out by
criticism—no matter how measured or justified Irgun, killed 91 people and was a direct act of
—is seen as “anti-Semitism”. Israel’s defiance defiance against British attempts to limit
of the United Nations has also had its impacts Zionist aspirations.
on its workers. 134 local UN employees have
been killed during Israeli military operations in
Gaza. The targeting of UN/UNRWA
personnel underscores the broader issue of
Israel’s disregard for international norms.
So as we see now, just as Israel once turned
against the British, who had helped the
Zionists to settle in Palestine, it is now defying
the UN, the very institution that helped
legitimize its statehood. In both cases, Israel’s
The UN’ staffs attempts to provide
leadership rejected external attempts to
humanitarian assistance but they have become
regulate or limit its actions, instead resorting
collateral damage along with the Gazans -
to a strategy of defiance and confrontation.
Children, women, elderly- to kill that
mysterious Hamas leader hidden in a more
mysterious place.
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