China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 Veto a US-backed UN Resolution 🇺🇸🇺🇳 to Call for a Ceasefire in Gaza

 

(This is the flag of the United Nations 🇺🇳.) 

 

I don't know if you've heard the news or not, but China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 both vetoed a US-sponsored UN resolution 🇺🇸🇺🇳 to call for an immediate ceasefire to the war in Gaza. This pisses me off because China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 have both been publicly calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and have condemned Israel 🇮🇱 for most of the war. And they've criticized and complained about the US 🇺🇸 using its permanent member status in the UN Security Council 🇺🇳 to veto any resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire.

 

 

(These are the flags of Israel 🇮🇱 and Palestine 🇵🇸. The flag on top is the Israeli flag 🇮🇱 and the one on the bottom is the Palestinian flag 🇵🇸.)

But, now that the US 🇺🇸 wants a ceasefire, all of a sudden, China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 don't want one, and used their own veto power to veto the US 🇺🇸's proposed resolution. Do you want a ceasefire or not? Do you want the war to end? If you do, then cut the bullshit, and just agree to the resolution. So what if it doesn't have everything you want in it? You want to the end the violence right? You want to stop the suffering? You want to stop the death? If the situation is really that dire, and it is, then just agree to the UN resolution 🇺🇳 now that everyone's on the same page that there should be a ceasefire and that the war should end as soon as possible.

I guess this is China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺's retaliation against the US 🇺🇸 for vetoing their ceasefire resolution proposals, but still this is shameful. It's childish, and it's counterproductive. The Chinese 🇨🇳 and the Russians 🇷🇺 should be ashamed of themselves for vetoing this resolution, but we all know they won't because they don't have any shame whatsoever. They're incapable of feeling shame for any of the bad things they do. When China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 pull stunts like this, it shows me that they don't actually care about the things they purport to care about. All this did was show me that they don't actually want the war to end, and that they don't actually care about the Palestinians 🇵🇸.

Because if you really cared about this stuff, and you wanted the war to end, and you wanted the Palestinians 🇵🇸 to get aid, then you would agree to the UN resolution 🇺🇳 that called for an end to the violence, that pushed for humanitarian aid for the Palestinians 🇵🇸 inside Gaza. It wouldn't matter if it was put forward by the US 🇺🇸, in fact the fact that it was should make you want to support it even more because now everyone is on the same page about this issue, everyone wants a ceasefire, and there are no more obstacles, at least from the American side 🇺🇸. But, no, the Chinese 🇨🇳 and the Russians 🇷🇺 vetoed it because they didn't want to make the US 🇺🇸 look good. 

 

 

(This is the flag of the United States 🇺🇸.)

 

That's not the official stated reason why the Chinese and Russian delegations 🇨🇳🇷🇺 vetoed that particular UN resolution 🇺🇳, but it's what I'm speculating. Because before, they were fully on board with a ceasefire when the US 🇺🇸 wasn't on board, and they were more than willing to condemn the US 🇺🇸 for vetoing their proposed resolutions. But, now that the US 🇺🇸 wants a ceasefire too, all of a sudden, they don't want it because they don't want to make the US 🇺🇸 look good, and they don't want to give the US 🇺🇸 a win.

It's the same mindset, the same mentality that the Republicans had when they decided to kill that bipartisan border security bill that was drafted by Republicans, and had everything that the Republicans could ever want when it comes to the US-Mexico border 🇺🇸🇲🇽. It was even backed by the National Border Patrol Council, which is a labor union for border patrol agents. It was the strongest border security bill ever drafted, and brought forward to the US Congress 🇺🇸. But, the Republicans killed it, they killed their dream bill all because Donald Trump didn't want the border to be secured because it would make Biden look good, and Trump wants to run on the border as a campaign issue.

It's that same sort of childish and cynical mentality of "I want to complain or fear-monger about this issue, but I don't actually want to solve it, and I certainly don't want to solve it on my opponent's terms because I don't want to make them look good. I'll say it's a crisis, and it needs to be solved right away, but when the other side puts forward a solution, I won't agree to it because they came up with it and I didn't, and I want to take credit for solving it. Or rather, I would rather not solve, and just have it remain this issue that I can use as political theater and as way to demonize the other side." That's all China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 are doing here. 

 

(This is the flag of Hamas.)

 

They're pretending to care about the Palestinian issue 🇵🇸, and they're pretending to want a ceasefire in Gaza, but when they're given a golden opportunity to support a UN resolution 🇺🇳 that would put more pressure on Israel 🇮🇱 to end their military operations inside Gaza, and enter ceasefire talks with Hamas, as well as provide aid to the starving Palestinians 🇵🇸, and free the remaining Israeli hostages 🇮🇱 from Hamas's captivity, they vote against it because that resolution was proposed by the US 🇺🇸, their mutual chosen geopolitical rival.

They don't actually want to solve the issue, they don't actually want the war to end, and they don't actually want this conflict overall to be resolved peacefully. They want it to remain an issue so that they can complain about it, morally grandstand and pretend to be the good guys and pretend to be on the moral high ground, and make the US 🇺🇸 look bad. They don't actually care about the Palestinians 🇵🇸 at all. They'd drop the Palestinians 🇵🇸 as soon as they were given the opportunity to.

Like, if Israel 🇮🇱 all of a sudden turned against the US 🇺🇸 and decided to side with both China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺, they'd both welcome Israel 🇮🇱 with open arms, and immediately drop the Palestinians 🇵🇸, and let the Israelis 🇮🇱 do whatever they want with them. They'd be even more lenient on Israel 🇮🇱 when it comes to human rights. They'd let Israel 🇮🇱 expand the settlements (China 🇨🇳 might even decide to invest in those settlements, and build property of their own that they could profit off of 🤑), or even perhaps fully annex both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and deport the Palestinians 🇵🇸, forcing them all of their land, and effectively ethnically cleansing the two areas. 

But, because Israel 🇮🇱 is still a US ally 🇺🇸, they condemn Israel 🇮🇱 and they cynically pretend to care about the Palestinians' 🇵🇸 well being. And they managed to dupe a lot of people into believing that they do actually care. What makes these people believe that China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 value human life in any way? Both of these countries and governments have shown that they don't value human life at all. 

 

 

(These are the flags of Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳. The one of top is the Russian flag 🇷🇺 and the one on the bottom is the Chinese flag 🇨🇳.)

Putin's Russia 🇷🇺 certainly doesn't value human life. Xi's China 🇨🇳 has never valued human life, at least, not the lives of certain groups of humans (*cough* the Uyghurs *cough*). In fact, the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 (PRC) hasn't valued human life for its entire history. This is the same regime that caused one of the worst famines in history, this is the same regime that massacred protesters for daring to ask for a little bit of reform. This is the same regime that subjugated and oppressed ethnic minorities that they didn't like, that they perceived a threat to their rule.

This is the same regime that has supported authoritarian and genocidal regimes guilty of human rights violations around the world, and this is the same regime that currently has its population under mass surveillance and jails political dissents all the time. These are the last two countries should be talking about human rights, and these are the last two countries that you should believe when they say that care about the suffering of another group of people in a country thousands of miles away from them.
 
It's behavior like this why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 🇮🇱🇵🇸 never gets resolved, and why more Israelis 🇮🇱 and Palestinians 🇵🇸 continue to suffer and die. More so Palestinians 🇵🇸 than Israelis 🇮🇱, but still. If you're pro-Palestinian 🇵🇸, and you care about the people in Gaza, then you shouldn't support China 🇨🇳 and/or Russia 🇷🇺. They are not on your side. 

They're using this issue for their own selfish and cynical gain, they're using it as a geopolitical chess piece ♟️ to use against the United States 🇺🇸 to score brownie points with the Arab world and the entire Global South as whole. If Israel 🇮🇱 stopped being a US ally 🇺🇸, and switched over to being a Chinese and/or Russian ally 🇨🇳🇷🇺, you'd all of a sudden stop hearing about the Palestinian issue 🇵🇸 from the Chinese 🇨🇳 and the Russians 🇷🇺.

If this whole issue surrounding the current in Gaza has taught us anything, it's further prove that the permanent membership system in the UN Security Council 🇺🇳 is outdated, and that there should no longer be any permanent members on the UN Security Council 🇺🇳. Not the US 🇺🇸, not the UK 🇬🇧, not France 🇫🇷, not China 🇨🇳, and not Russia 🇷🇺. None of these countries deserve to have permanent seats at the Security Council. All of the seats in the Security Council should be changed and appointed or voted on, or whatever. I don't know how the UN 🇺🇳 selects members for the Security Council, but however they do it, they should do it for all the seats, and there should be no more permanent seats.

Pretty much all of the permanent members of the Security Council have abused their permanent member status and abused their veto power at one time or another to advance their own interests. As a result, the UN Security Council 🇺🇳 is unproductive and weak, and is pretty much ineffective at resolving any crisis around the world. So, it's time to get rid of this permanent membership system/status, and make every seat in the UN Security Council 🇺🇳 up for grabs.

Make it so that countries have to earn their spot on the Security Council. If they violate human rights, or commit acts of aggression, or support those who do, then they shouldn't be allowed on the Security Council. Same goes for the Human Rights Council, if any member violates human rights or supports another member who did, they shouldn't be allowed to be on the Human Rights Council. There is no reason why countries like Iran 🇮🇷 should be on the Human Rights Council.

Would any of this make the UN 🇺🇳 better and more effective? I really don't know. I would hope so, given that the UN 🇺🇳 is suppose to champion world peace, cooperation between nations, and protect and preserve human right among other things, and we wouldn't want anything that goes against those principles, but it's really hard to say. But, it certainly be a step in the right direction. It would put us in a better path than the one we are in now with how the UN 🇺🇳 currently works.

 

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Here's the Associated Press video I saw showing that Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 vetoed the US-sponsored UN Security Council Resolution 🇺🇳:  

 

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Update (Monday March 25, 2024):

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This just in the UN 🇺🇳 passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, with a 14-0 vote. 14 votes for, 0 votes again, and 1 abstention. The abstention came from the United States 🇺🇸. They did not use their veto power to veto the resolution, and just chose to abstain. This could be read as the US 🇺🇸 not necessarily agreeing with everything that's in the resolution, but deciding to not stand in the way of it and let it pass because they recognize the need for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza war.

I would say at this point, everyone agrees that there should be a ceasefire and an immediate stop to the fighting. It's just that everyone disagrees on what the terms of the ceasefire should be, and how long it should last. Should it be just a temporary pause, or should be a permanent stop to the fighting and lead to peace talks? That's kind of the main disagreement. The US 🇺🇸 wants a ceasefire too, but the two stipulations that they've wanted in the UN Resolution 🇺🇳 is that there would be a pathway for the last remaining Israeli hostages 🇮🇱 be released and to condemn Hamas for the October 7 attack which started the war in the first place. Given the abstention, I assume that the US 🇺🇸 didn't get everything they wanted.

But, they chose to abstain instead of vote against it or veto it because they see that an immediate ceasefire is necessary, and that situation on the ground in Gaza is becoming more dire. To veto or vote against would be a really bad look for the US 🇺🇸, especially when more news that has come out confirming that Israel 🇮🇱 is indeed committing war crimes inside Gaza. 

 

A video was leaked by Al Jezeera showing drone footage from an IDF drone of a group of unarmed Palestinian civilian men 🇵🇸♂︎ being targeted and killed by missiles from this IDF drone. The first missile killed a three of the men, one of them survived, and was limping, and that the drone fired another missile to kill that guy in order to finish the job. And then there was another guy who I guess was apart of the same group, but had walked further than they did, and he is also killed by a missile from the IDF drone.

So, we now have video evidence to show that Israel 🇮🇱 is committing war crimes, and not abiding by the rules of warfare. There is no more doubt that Israel 🇮🇱 is doing bad stuff inside Gaza, beyond just the attempt to cause a famine in the Palestinian population 🇵🇸. The US 🇺🇸 can no ignore this, or pretend it's not happening, and it cannot stand by this anymore without hurting its own reputation. So, the pressure is mounting at home and abroad for the Biden administration to do something, and put more pressure on Israel 🇮🇱 to stop its military operations, and enter some sort of peace talks, and allow humanitarian aid to get to the Palestinians 🇵🇸 inside Gaza. That's kind of the reason why I think the US delegation 🇺🇸 in the UN Security Council 🇺🇳 chose abstain, and allow the resolution to pass, despite them not agreeing with everything in it. The Americans 🇺🇸 are finally starting to wake up to the fact that Israel 🇮🇱 has to be stopped.

But, the part that really got me was the end of this video from AP, the Associated Press, showing the moment when the resolution passes, and everyone in the Security Council claps 👏 for having passed it. When I saw the Russian and the Chinese delegations 🇷🇺🇨🇳 clapping 👏, I was like, "look at these clowns 🤡, clapping 👏 and congratulating themselves. You vetoed that other UN Resolution 🇺🇳 that the US 🇺🇸 proposed to call for a ceasefire in Gaza! Don't sit there, and clap 👏 and pat yourselves on the back. You could have voted for that other resolution, but you didn't." 

 

I feel like China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 did this, to get a UN Resolution 🇺🇳 that had more of what they wanted, and to make the US 🇺🇸 look bad. You just know that China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 are going to use this as a propaganda to say, "You see, you see?! The US 🇺🇸 didn't vote for the UN Resolution 🇺🇳 to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. That means that they support Israel 🇮🇱 and everything they're doing. But, we voted for it, we're the good guys. We're on your side. We care about the Palestinians 🇵🇸 😄👍."

As I said before in the main text, the Chinese 🇨🇳 and the Russians 🇷🇺 are only doing this to score geopolitical points against the US 🇺🇸. They don't actually care about the Palestinians 🇵🇸, they just know that this is an issue that's tough for the US 🇺🇸, and that they could use to try to hurt the US 🇺🇸's image aboard for not standing by in solidarity with an oppressed people, and standing with the country that's stealing their land, killing them, and starving them to death. 

 

If Israel 🇮🇱 all of a sudden decided to drop the US 🇺🇸 as its main partner and benefactor for whatever reason, and decided to move over to China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺's side, the Chinese 🇨🇳 and Russians 🇷🇺 would accept them and bring them under their umbrellas ☂️. And they'd drop the Palestinians 🇵🇸 faster than you could say "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." Because they haven't latched onto this issue due to genuine concern over the Palestinians' 🇵🇸 well being, or genuine outrage for what Israel 🇮🇱 does, it's all a geopolitical game to gain and consolidate influence in the Middle East, and to push the US 🇺🇸 out of that region, make them irrelevant.

If the political situation and balance of power were to change in the Middle East, and Israel 🇮🇱 were to switch sides, the Palestinian issue 🇵🇸 would all of a sudden no longer be a concern to the Russians 🇷🇺 and the Chinese 🇨🇳. Because all know that the Russians 🇷🇺 and the Chinese 🇨🇳 are perfectly fine with one of their allies committing human rights abuses, or committing war crimes. Russia 🇷🇺 is definitely not to talk considering they're still fighting a war with Ukraine 🇺🇦 where they've perpetuated numerous war crimes and are basically committing a genocide against the Ukrainians 🇺🇦, and have further ambitions to conquer the other countries in the former Soviet Union ☭ and the former Warsaw Pact. Plus, all the stuff they've done in Syria 🇸🇾, and throughout Africa with the Wagner Group.

China 🇨🇳 is also not one to talk. They're in no position to criticize Israel 🇮🇱 or accuse Israel 🇮🇱 of committing a genocide, since the Chinese 🇨🇳 themselves committed a genocide against a Muslim minority ☪️ within their own borders too, the Uyghurs. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 🇨🇳☭ may try to pretend that it didn't happen, and everything's fine now in Xinjiang, and the Uyghurs are perfectly happy, but we know that they did commit a genocide, that they did put the Uyghurs into concentration camps, and we should never let them live that down. I mean, both China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 support the Taliban, and have unofficial diplomatic relations with their government, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which we all know is a bastion of human rights 🙄. And China 🇨🇳 gets mad at the US 🇺🇸 for having unofficial diplomatic relations with Taiwan 🇹🇼 😒.

 

 

 

(This is the flag of the Taliban and the flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Taliban basically just used their own flag as the national flag to represent their government, which still remains unrecognized by the rest of the world. No country in the world at this moment recognizes the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as the legitimate government of Afghanistan 🇦🇫. Not even China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺, despite, as I said, them both having unofficial diplomatic relations with the Islamic Emirate, and meeting with the Taliban during the Fall of Kabul. China 🇨🇳 has even sort of established bilateral economic relations with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as they got concessions from the Taliban to allow Chinese companies 🇨🇳 to come in, and mine the country's mineral deposits valued at $1 trillion 💵 🤑. That's why China 🇨🇳 in particular is so interested in Afghanistan 🇦🇫, why they wanted the US 🇺🇸 and NATO out, and why they wanted to have unofficial diplomatic relations with the Taliban. They want those rare earth minerals.)

 

 

 

 
This is all for show, it's all a game, it's all about trying to gain greater influence within a specific region of the world that the US 🇺🇸 has been dominant in for half a century. It's not really about human rights, or about humanitarianism, or about holding a specific government accountable for its actions. But, I guess, as long as there is a ceasefire in Gaza and the war finally comes to an end, it'll all be worth it. Even, if China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 are supporting a ceasefire and supporting the Palestinian cause 🇵🇸 for all the wrong reasons. It's up to the US 🇺🇸 to steer this thing in the right direction.

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This is the Associated Press video showing the passing of the UN Resolution 🇺🇳 calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza:

 

 

 

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This is an MSNBC video reporting on the leaked IDF drone footage showing Israeli war crimes 🇮🇱 against Palestinian civilians 🇵🇸 inside Gaza: