The UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage amid global alarm over the war in Gaza and the extent of the humanitarian crisis in the strip. The move drew an immediate rebuke from Israel. Its envoy to the UN, Gilad Erdan, delivered a fiery denunciation of the resolution and its backers before the vote, and fed pages of the UN charter into a shredder. The Palestinian envoy, Riyad Mansour, highlighted that the vote was being held at a time when Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city that is the last haven for many people, faced attack from Israeli forces
Isn’t that the charter that…also acknowledges the statehood of Israel?
I remember an Israeli pundit once complained that the UN creating Israel was “the mortgage that never ends” because the Israeli government absolutely loves to demonize the UN but still depends on it.
I think of Karen videos when I see Israel. She is so sensitive and irrational, but yet the US keeps giving her what she wants and only turning her into a bigger Karen. When she doesn’t get her way she calls you antisemitic and says you hate Jews.
Stated goals of the UN charter according Wikipedia:
to maintain international peace and security, uphold international law, achieve “higher standards of living” for their citizens, address “economic, social, health, and related problems”, and promote "universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
Did they even read the charter before having their little temper tantrum?
They disagree with all of that so it checks out
That’s the UN charter, not the UN partition plan for mandatory Palestine. Israel was established through military aggression, which is what Russia is currently trying to do in Ukraine.
Rogue state
It’s really that bad
What a dork ass loser.
It’s probably less about telling off the UN and more about sound bites / video clips that will play well with his bosses and their political base back home.
Historically, right wing isolationist ideologues of all nationalities seem to cheer and double down when faced with international criticism. They know it’s them and their beliefs against the world and they have a fantasy that they can win, right up until an overwhelming number of them die for it.
Israel as a nation is not in a mood for self reflection and definitely doesn’t want to understand the hole their digging themselves into.
What a measured and mature response. Way to go Israel. /smh
It’s the UN assembly. I’m more surprised not a single shoe was taken off to be thrown or to beat on a desk.
Here’s the video of that moment. Warning: massive cringe
A fucking mini paper shredder? It isn’t even an emotional outburst but a preconceived demonstration? They actually planned out getting that little thing for him?
It was a premeditated tantrum! Oh, my sides.
Premeditated Tantrum would be an excellent punk rock band name.
Everything is a punk rock band name if you just try hard enough.
This would never fit on a marquee.
Needs to be on one of those giant dot matrix light signs so it can be animated.
They don’t play where there are marquees.
Who are great live by the way.
And the tiny little papers! Aww 🥺
Its actually in the article thumbnail
When he came home he played a sad song on
“You are shredding the UN charter…with your own hands.”
As he shreds the UN charter…with his own hands.
With a tiny shredder that he calls “a mirror”. Clown show.
‘You are shredding the UN charter with your own hands!’ In between him putting each page of the charter into the shredder… smh
Deeply embarrassing, why didn’t he just tear it up?
“Fiery denunciation” is a laughable overstatement, and the fact that they planned out this mini tantrum with a mini paper shredder is just outright comical.
Swing and a miss, that one!
Israel is a pariah state the region has been cursed with
The UN had no right to divide Palestine and give the Zionist invaders any part of it.
Eat your heart out, The Onion.
United States, I swear if you veto this time…
They can’t; there is no veto power in the general assembly.
Palestine gets new rights from this but it also triggers a vote in the security council on whether Palestine will actually become a full member. The US will veto and has already signaled as much.
Good
Palestine gets new rights from this but it also triggers a vote in the security council on whether Palestine will actually become a full member. The US will veto and has already signaled as much.
Dammit, US.
Go on…
The world will never look at them very fondly ever again
We need more prop comics at the UN!
It’s been done before.
is that cum
“Special Envoy Carrot Top” has a nice ring to it.
Israel is a fascist theocracy
What is this? A shredder for ants?!
How did he procure it so quickly too??
Guess they had suspicions that just about everyone in the world doesn’t love genocide
That explains why those “I ❤️ genocide” T shirts sell so poorly
It’s a tiny little baby shredder!
This CNN article has a lot more information and context including who voted against the measure (nine countries including the US and Israel), the practical effects of the measure (new rights for Palestine to sponsor and support resolutions but still no vote), and what can be expected in the near future (a vote in the UN security council on whether to actually admit Palestine which might pass but which the US will veto).
Wonder why Czechia voted against the bill. Did I miss anything?
I’m Czech. No matter the party, our government always had Israel bootlickers. T. G. Masaryk, founder of Czechoslovakia, was anti-antisemitic. We share a prevailing fake feeling of tininess and vulnerability (in 1938, the Allies signed the Munich treaty, sacrificing us to Nazi Germany, and in 1968 our “partner” USSR invaded us for straying from hard Communism) even though we have strong allies and a decent standing in our respective regions. Our support mainly consists of shilling for Israel in international politics and preserving our Jewish sites while they provide tech investment and recently COVID vaccines. I think the government did send some aid but the average Czech does not care about Israel, as opposed to Ukraine, which was heavily donated to (and a huge number of its its refugees were accepted) thanks to our bad experience with Russia and a significant, well-behaved Ukrainian minority.
Thanks for the explainer!
I would say this has less to do with Israel bootlicking and more with US bootlicking (sure, not much difference but it’s always worth to remind that all this is because USA in the first place), Czech international politics look like made in Washington on all issues, which is visible especially lately when Visehrad group split on the Ukraine issue.
Sounds plausible
Yup, we are trying really hard to stop being associated with the Soviet Union. Our Senate meets to celebrate Israel‘s birthday and promises to fulfill NATO obligations while Israel representatives order a radar system from a Czech company and promise to shout “Czechia is in Central Europe!” at anyone suggesting we’re in the East.
That’s kinda visible tbh. The time I was in Prague for two months in 2020 made me feel like “alright, alright, I know already about the bloody Soviets and how cool is Václav Havel, could you please stop”
From that perspective, it makes sense how it could turn to serve NATO.
Sounds reasonable
and why Hungary?
I wish it also listed the abstaining countries. I hope I don’t see my country on that list but expect to. Anyone know what the list is?
The video is amazing. He was actually trying to show to the assembly “what they were doing” to the UN charter.
Instead he created a golden moment of cringe comedy where he is the one putting the charter into a tiny shredder, and declaring “you make me sick” like a petulent child with the diminutive machine’s whirring in the background.
Especially compared to the Palestinian speech he made himself look like a total clown.
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Shredding the last shred of plausibility of not being a genocidal state