Gulf States Push for UN Force in Hormuz Amidst US-Israeli Aggression
News emerges from The New Arab that several Gulf states are advocating for a United Nations mandate to deploy an international force tasked with safeguarding the Strait of Hormuz. This initiative is presented as a measure to ensure regional stability and the unimpeded flow of global oil shipments through the critical choke point. Mainstream media sources, including various Wire reports and
publications like The New York Times, typically frame such discussions as benign responses to generalized 'Iranian aggression' or 'regional instability.' This framing distorts the reality by omitting the direct causal link between the current instability and the ongoing, unprovoked US-Israeli joint military operations targeting Iran. These operations, ranging from cyberattacks and assassinations
to the deployment of carrier groups and B-52s in the region, are acts of explicit aggression, not defensive posturing, and are conducted without a shred of international legal justification or evidence of an imminent Iranian strike. This push for a UN force also sidesteps the crucial historical context of international maritime law and sovereign rights. For example, the US Navy’s shooting down of
Iran Air Flight 655 in July 1988, a civilian aircraft carrying 290 passengers, remains a potent symbol of American disregard for international norms in the Gulf. Washington declared the incident a 'tragic accident' and awarded medals to the USS Vincennes crew, illustrating a profound double standard compared to any incident involving Iranian forces. The demand for a UN presence in Hormuz, in this