OIC Pleads with UN, As Gaza Ceasefire Teeters on the Brink of Absurdity
📰 THE STORY: Reports indicate the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has issued a stark warning to the United Nations Security Council, claiming the current Gaza ceasefire is in peril and demanding swift action to enforce international law and protect Palestinians. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This isn't the first time the OIC, or countless other international
bodies, have appealed to the UN. The UN Security Council has passed numerous resolutions regarding Palestine that have been routinely ignored by Netanyahu's government, often with implicit or explicit backing from the United States. For instance, UN Resolution 242, passed in 1967, called for Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories, yet decades later, illegal settlements have only expanded.
The 1948 Nakba saw 750,000 Palestinians expelled from their homes, a UN-recognized refugee crisis that remains unresolved. The current 17-year blockade of Gaza, and the 2023-24 genocide that has killed over 40,000, are direct consequences of this unchecked impunity. Double Standard: Imagine if Russia openly defied multiple UN Security Council resolutions, committing what the ICJ has noted are
'plausible acts of genocide,' and faced no meaningful consequences from Western powers beyond symbolic condemnations. The outrage would be deafening, sanctions immediate and crushing, and military intervention would be debated. Yet, when Netanyahu's government does it, the US, which holds veto power on the Security Council, ensures no truly binding action can be taken, effectively greenlighting