Comment by BLKNSLVR

16 hours ago

I am intrigued by the fact the US acts despite no US citizen having an arrest warrant put out for them.

Israel can't do sanctions for Israelis?

I mean, the realpolitik of these sanctions by the US is in hope that the USs involvement in Gaza doesn't get arrest warrants for their own officials / Presidents. Or for war crimes and human rights violations against Venezuelan boats.

Does make Israel look either weak or like a small person puppeteering a much bigger person though.

Additionally, tangentially, I find it interesting the reluctance the US has had, for three entirety of Trump's term so far, in extending sanctions on Russia for it's continued bombardment of Ukraine.

Speaks volumes about the (confusing, although maybe just rapid direction/ally change) motivations of the current administration.

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flyinglizard  16 hours ago

In international institutions Israel is weak. It's vastly outnumbered by Muslim countries, which is why traditionally Israel has received more criticism in the UN compared to any other country.

  • smcl  16 hours ago

    It's receiving criticism in the UN because of the horrible crimes it's committing

    • _DeadFred_  12 hours ago

      When Israel was starving Gaza it was allowing in 3 times as much calories per person as the United Nations is supplying 400,000 Sudan refugees per person. Is the UN commiting crimes? The UN said is had food to increase what Israel was letting in, so the UN said it had resources to provide more than 3 times what it is providing Sudan refugees to 5 times the population (2 million verses 400,000).

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  • mrexcess  16 hours ago

    >It's vastly outnumbered by Muslim countries, which is why traditionally Israel has received more criticism in the UN

    How is this anything but DARVO? Israel receives criticism in the UN for reasons that are easily verified and quite understandable - namely its deliriously racist, brutally violent, textbook illegal, and long-lived occupation of Palestine and attempts to annex its territory.

    Blaming Muslim countries writ large for the UN complaining about Israel's blatant and continuous violation of the UN Charter and various other international laws is shockingly racist.

    • soldthat  13 hours ago

      Many members of the UN are openly biased against Israel, many are officially against the very existence of Israel and have always been, and they happily vote on any condemnation of Israel regardless of what Israel does.

      This includes countries that have ethnically cleansed their Jews, and countries that do not allow Jews to enter.

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