It’s not enough to have a law; you have to be able to enforce it. From Andrew Korybko at korybko.substack.com:
The reality of international law is that it’s only ever successfully applied against non-nuclear countries that lack the military capabilities to deter forcible means from being used for coercing them into compliance.
Last week’s passing of UNSC Resolution 2728 saw that global body demand an immediate ceasefire in the latest Israeli-Hamas war until at least the end of Ramadan, which was made possible by the US abstaining from the vote instead of vetoing it like usual. The UNSC’s resolution are legally binding, which Russia recently reminded everyone, yet Israel continues flouting the latest one. This shows the limits of international law since there’s no interest among the UNSC in militarily enforcing this particular demand.
In theory, the UNSC would lead global efforts to force Israel into compliance, but that won’t happen in this case since none of its permanent members have any interest in employing military means against this nuclear-armed state. This observation exposes a politically incorrect fact about international law, namely that nuclear-armed countries are able to flout it without fear of being militarily punished. The worst that could happen are sanctions, but the US is unlikely to agree to a UNSC resolution on that.
The only reason why it abstained from the latest one was as part of Biden’s electioneering spectacle aimed at signaling displeasure with Israel. This built upon his Gaza aid policy from earlier in March and his political endorsement of Schumer’s call for regime change shortly thereafter. These three interconnected moves were meant to appeal to the Democrats’ pro-Palestinian base while also advancing his team’s goal of replacing Bibi’s conservative-nationalist government with liberal-globalists.
Reading about Palestine wanting to join UN.
(h/t-RT)
Chosenites don’t care what the world thinks about what they are doing and even the 6PM enemedia fake news shows civilians getting terminated with no warning.
Did they not see how Bibi refused to show up for the Monday shindig, bombed an embassy and Rafah is not a good place to be right now.