The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, extended the illusion of equivalence in speaking about the coloniser and the colonised. It is incumbent upon Israel and the international community to stop the violations against Palestinians, yet Wennesland called “on both leaderships to recognise what is at stake and to take the steps within their power to restore calm”. The “core political issues” which the UN does not like mentioning individually, let alone demanding resolution, embellished Wennesland’s address, as did the vague reference of too many Palestinians dying, as opposed to Palestinian civilians killed by Israel’s security forces. “The immediate priority is to work to calm the situation and reverse the negative trends on the ground. … Continue reading The Palestinian narrative is eliminated at the UN Security Council