The Arab League has called for a United Nations peacekeeping force in the occupied Palestinian territory at a summit dominated by Israel’s continuing deadly assault of the Gaza Strip.
The meeting of Arab heads of state and government convened in Bahrain on Tuesday more than seven months into Israel’s offensive in Gaza that has convulsed the wider region.
The “Manama Declaration” issued by the 22-member bloc called for “international protection and peacekeeping forces of the United Nations in the occupied Palestinian territories” until a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict is implemented.
It called for an immediate end to fighting in the Gaza Strip and blamed Israeli “obstruction” for failed negotiations for a ceasefire.
“We stress the need to stop the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip immediately, withdraw the Israeli occupation forces from all areas of the Strip [and] lift the siege imposed on it,” the statement said.
The statement blamed Israel for the war continuing.
“We strongly condemn Israel’s obstruction of cease-fire efforts in the Gaza Strip and its continued military escalation by expanding its aggression against the Palestinian city of Rafah, despite international warnings of the disastrous humanitarian consequences,” it said.
I can't imagine the UN will do anything. UN Peacekeepers don't exist to stop ACAB nations from doing a genocide.
I also can't imagine the Arab League nations have the political will to work together to oppose Israel on their own, at least not in a way that doesn't result in dragging most of Europe into war.
So what if this keeps escalating? After Trump wins re-election in November and the US, Israel, Germany, Ukraine, Argentina, Australia, Taiwan and probably the UK break away to start their own fascister UN with anyone else dumb enough to join?
It would set the stage for China to take a larger role in the UN, and probably lead to a reunited Ireland and independent Scotland.
Yeah this is just them passing the buck to someone else, I agree