Shocking results from the historic vote against Israel’s brutal occupation of Israel…
Half of UNGA “no” votes on Israel sanctions from Pacific countries
The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution demanding that the Israeli government end its occupation of Palestinian territories within 12 months — but half of the countries that voted against are from the Pacific.
Affirming a recent International Court of Justice opinion that deemed the decades-long occupation unlawful, the opposition from seven Pacific nations further marginalised the region from world opinion against Israel.
The final vote tally was 124 member states in favour and 14 against, with 43 nations abstaining.
Pacific countries that voted with Israel and its main ally and arms-supplier United States against the Palestinian resolution are Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Tonga and Tuvalu.
Kiribati, Samoa and Vanuatu abstained while Solomon islands voted yes. Australia abstained while New Zealand and Timor-Leste also supported the resolution.
…take me to the April Sun in Cuba no more!
How shocking that our Pacific brothers and sisters of the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Tonga and Tuvalu would side with the Oppressor!
Good to see New Zealand had courage to vote for it.
What makes this vote by so many Pacific Nations in favour is Israel so ugly and so offensive is that one would have assumed that Pacific People would make a stand against oppression knowing the harsh whip of colonialism first hand, but sadly money seems to matter more than oppression in the Pacific these days.
Moana would cry knowing the Pacific backs the brutal illegal Occupation of Israel.
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Martyn – The Pacific nations knows who the dangerous crazies are, and voted against them…well done
Is that a prophecy for the future? The only other sensible option is that you are a bit crazy for thinking that Israel killing over 100 thousand people for an attack that their stealing land etc caused is somehow a normal event. The Pacific Islands have too many christians who have swallowed the lie that Israel are still the chosen of God when the reality is that God loves all people, especially Palestinians and how we treat people now will determine our future.
Bonnie – Go to Gaza, and rub shoulders with the Hamas crowd…you will see the dangerous hateful madness up close and personal….then pass judgement…
Who are POC’s to judge oppression correctly, says White Man. 🙂
Commenters should read Martyn’s link to get a handle on this…
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/03/10/israel-and-the-pacific-a-surprisingly-close-friendship/s
It is disgusting that these small client states of Israel–cultivated and bought by Israel–are aiding Genocide. There has long been such support in Pacific christian circles on the basis of a literal interpretation of biblical texts and mistaking the current militarist, zionist iteration of Israel for the historic one.
Great to see NZ buck the 5 Eyes vote–heads will roll somewhere in the system!
Meanwhile, God is raising the sea levels to punish those who stray.
You are confusing God with Global warning and man-made emissions
God could be a man-made emission.
So why did He inspire John to write almost 2 thousand years ago “…and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.”
The concept that man could have destroyed the Earth would have seemed impossible at that time yet any sensible person is well aware of the potential danger now.
It is terribly ironic, and a little crazy, that the former victims of colonisation are actively supporting a colonial regime and recognising immigrant Israelis as the indigenous people of the land.
Yip our Islander friends are a bit brainwashed especially when it comes to the bible!
This is a product of MFAT policy that supports the genocide of Palestinians.
Why do these regimes support the zionist entity? Pacific people are generally pretty decent, it’s less likely that they were subjected to sexual blackmail than the zionist shills in the Seymour regime. So the problem here is money.
We all know that MFAT coordinates with Australia and the US and other s**thole countries to counter influence from the Chinese government, to prevent China from building sustainable infrastructure that would benefit the Pacific.
So, if MFAT is acting in the interests of New Zealanders and the human race in general, why aren’t they acting to lock the zionists out of any involvement in the Pacific?
Brian Berletic argues that the US recognises that a close war with China would make its forward bases vulnerable, so proposes that it should adopt a ‘piracy’ policy of seizing China’s ships on the critical trade routes. This will expand to infrastructure projects in BRICS partners to cut off China’s supply chains. The Pacific states that align with the US are preparing to be sucked into total destruction in the developing global war between the two rivals. The only way out is non-aiignment. And only the unity of workers of the Pacific can make this happen. The alternative is nuclear winter and human extinction. https://journal-neo.su/…/us-war-on-china-is-a-war-on…/
I think the religious dimension is partly at play here, influenced by US ‘Christian’ zionism.
Also geopolitical considerations, note the Solomons that take a more pro-China stance voted in favour of the resolution
Give another 10 years these Islands will be underwater less votes for apartheid Israel
…and Pacific climate refugees won’t be finding any succour in Israel.
Evangalical Christian organisations are in complete control of the Islands.