At the United Nations General Assembly held on October 25, 2016, it discussed the Palestinian occupation of its land by the Jewish entity, also Debated Human Settlements Programme. Israel’s continued occupation of the State of Palestine and the Syrian Golan was throwing people into poverty and severely impeding sustainable development, speakers told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) as it debated those territories today. A special United Nations Security Council (UNSC) session has denounced Israel for building “illegal settlements” in the occupied Palestinian territories, paving the way for a Security Council resolution against the Jewish entity. (Press TV)

In an uncommonly harsh statement, the US State Department “strongly condemned” the move, asserting that it violated Israel’s pledge not to construct new settlements and ran counter to the long-term security interests Israel was seeking to protect with the military deal, which provides $38 billion in assistance over the next decade. (New York Times)

Comment:

Interestingly enough we see the strong chastisement of the Jewish entity and its latest development of their building new settlements on Palestinian soil illegally, not a common sight especially coming from the United States. “The administration has been escalating its rhetoric in opposition to West Bank settlement activity for more than a year,” said Martin S. Indyk, who served as Mr. Obama’s special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. “The government of Israel doesn’t seem to be listening.”

Remarkably the meeting had representatives from the Muslim lands present with Tunisia, Saudi Arabic and as well as Qatar’s representative, speaking for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, said, “Fifty years of occupation, oppression, humiliation and the worst kinds of human rights violations is enough, and it is morally, legally and politically unacceptable to allow this to continue,” he said. Emphasizing that ‘Israel’ must end its prolonged occupation and comply with international law, he called on concerned Member States to support Palestine’s efforts in gaining its rights. (UN)

A statement clear as day – yet no viable action on their part to relieve the Palestinians of their constant state of subjugation in Palestine.

Well the main question arises – why should the Jewish entity listen?? Who will stop it from expanding and out rightly breaking the UN resolutions? The US proposed two state solution should never be considered as a solution by any Muslim as it further stabilizes the occupation of Palestine and strangulates its people into deeper miseries forcibly stealing from them their lands and sanctities. The solutions do not lie in leaders of the Muslim world making statements for show and spitting out condemnations while they hold back their armies from liberating the occupied Blessed Land from its usurpers. The issue of the occupation of Palestine and possible solutions has been on the table for the past several decades and will continue to suffer more miseries until the solution is a radical solution – the Muslim armies liberating all of Palestine and returning the stolen lands including the Aqsa Mosque to its Ummah. Why call upon foreign bodies to resolve the matters of the Ummah when it is these foreign bodies that brought the state of occupation into existence in the heartland of the Ummah?  How can Muslims expect human rights from the UN while at the same time the UN recognizes “Israel’s right to exist” and defend itself from the very people it steals from and terrorizes. Meanwhile the world leaders can continue to cry the crocodile tears over the occupation of Palestine and the dire plight of its people and even more ironic is the leaders of the Muslim lands speaking of human rights for the people of Palestine before grand assemblies. Yet that translates into more disappointment for the Muslims until real action is seen and felt.

Manal Bader