While Israel has certainly damaged its security narrative with its grotesque display of colonial violence in Gaza, the international community prefers to walk its own duplicitous road. Recently, 120 countries voted in favour of a UN General Assembly Resolution calling for a humanitarian truce in Gaza. Unsurprisingly, the US was one of 14 countries that voted against the resolution. Another 45 countries, including Australia, abstained. Both the US and Australia referred to Israel’s narrative regarding Hamas as the reason for opposing the resolution. Of the countries voting in favour, it must be said that the humanitarian paradigm provides a safe diplomatic venture that does not draw undue attention to Israel’s colonial violence. While humanitarian aid is an unequivocal necessity for … Continue reading Humanitarian relief for Palestinians is a diplomatic game at the UN