On 18 April 2016 in New York, our Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, addressed the Security Council on behalf of the New Zealand Government concerning Israel and Palestine. McCully asked the assembly “. . . what does the international community expect of the Security Council in the difficult circumstances of today?” The short answer is that the Council should live up to its name and guarantee security for the Palestinian people in their homeland by requiring Israel to abide by and respect the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Israel has violated more Security Council Resolutions than any other country on Earth, by far.
Mr McCully, acknowledging the responsibility of the Council towards security, said in his speech that he found it “difficult to understand why the United Nations Security Council has not passed a single Resolution on this question in over seven years.” The problem is that Israel ignores, with impunity, most Security Council Resolutions. Our Minister of Foreign Affairs asserts that “in the eyes of the international community .. . . the two state solution is the only path forward for resolving this matter” yet the truth is, the Security Council is out of touch with the real majority of the international community. McCully told the meeting that “it is becoming increasingly apparent that the two state solution may be moving beyond reach and that if matters continue as they have for the last two years without action from this Council and others, the two state solution will be dead.” If Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the majority of Israeli opinion is to be believed, the two state ‘solution’ is not only dead, it is already buried.
So long as Israel is allowed to go on stealing Palestinian land and subjecting the people to appalling human rights abuses, what possible reason could there be to believe that so-called ‘negotiations’ could be anything other than a nod to Israel to continue its 50-year belligerent military Occupation of Palestinians. Any Palestinian ‘state’ that might one day be permitted to exist would, like the Gaza Strip, find itself entirely subject to Israeli control, with no means of defence and no sovereignty over its air space or territorial waters. Similarly the Palestinian economy would continue to be subservient to Israeli interests.
A single state with equal rights for all is the only way to end this nightmare. But first the international community will have to accept its responsibility, not only for having denied self-determination for the Palestinian people for so long but also for ending Israel’s untouchable status. Supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS) is a far better measure of the international community’s view of the “path forward for resolving this matter” and the Security Council has the means. New Zealand’s representatives must stop covering for Israel and instead use the precious remaining months at the Security Council to demand action in defence of international law. There can be no peace with justice without bringing Israel to account.
There is no ‘homeland’ called palestine, just displaced arabs from neighbouring countries. Jews have lived where they are for thousands of years and will continue for thousands more. Plenty of room in neighbouring arab countries for them but they will not open their borders as it makes good propoganda against Israel to keep them where they are.
Bullshit! Most Jews are Ashkenazi Jews and as such originated in Kazariah on the north north west coast of the Black Sea. Seraphic jews on the other hand who comprise 20% of the worlds Jewish population came from Syria and left Jerusalem for Europe in the 1st century.They are Semites.I have visited the Seraphic Jewish museum in Seville where their story is told very well.Research by genetic science has established thru the study of DNA that the Lebanese and the Palestinians are the oldest inhabitiants of the area . Ashkenazi are not Semites. Do some research . There is no archeological evidence to support the Hebrew myths . Indeed frustrated Jewish academics have given up trying to change the untrue narrative of the Jewish right to live in the mythical country of Israel.Israel is a fascist state built on lies.
Good old hasbara trolls. Lacking in fact, long on viciousness. The old signature tune of dehumanizing the victims of illegal occupation whilst justifying actions of the occupier.Suggest I’m right read any of Shlomo Sands well researched studies if it wishes to be informed on this subject.
when it comes to dodgy dealing, aka. corruption. mc,cully has an apalling record. he, and his posturing seriously demeans the security council.
I’m amazed that McCully had it in him.
That is actually a good speech!
The Palestinians in Israel are effectively hostages (certainly no less than the civilian population of Gaza). The Israelis can’t live with them and can’t live without them. If you were to see the orderly evacuation of the Arab elements of the population from Israel, stand by for Armageddon.
If he’s done nothing else He has done something no other NZ MP has done and that is to speak up for the Palestinians and against the Israeli occupation in the UN. Thank you McCully.
A single state might work if the Arabs weren’t intent on killing Jews. Why is there no pressure to stop teaching children to stab Jews or preaching in Mosques that Jews are sons of pigs and apes?
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