Away from the rhetoric, where is European support for Palestine?
In keeping with his new government’s policy statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the UN General Assembly vote on a resolution about “Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories”. According to Netanyahu, “The Jewish nation is not an occupier in its own land and its own eternal capital, Jerusalem.” The facts contradict Netanyahu’s assertion, but many countries have preferred to turn a blind eye to his Zionist myths. Thus, while the resolution can be considered yet another symbolic victory, Israel continues to make gains in terms of its ability to act with impunity. Not only did fewer countries vote in favour of the resolution compared with … Continue reading Away from the rhetoric, where is European support for Palestine?
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