The Security Council resolution on Gaza is utterly meaningless. Instead of calling for a ceasefire it calls, under American pressure, to “create the conditions” for one, without defining what those conditions are.
For Israel this is likely to be eradicating Hamas, while simultaneously undertaking action that actually increases Hamas' numbers. The logical conclusion of this is the total ethnic cleansing of Gaza, ready for Netanyahu's far right mates in government to move settlers in.
We expect the Israeli government to behave like a western democracy, which it purports to be, but it's falling well short of that in many areas - not just Gaza. The expectations were so much higher and they've squandered any goodwill.
Perhaps the next time there's something like the Manchester Arena terrorist attack, the authorities should take a leaf from the Israeli government's book and carpet bomb everything in a 2 mile radius, just to ensure every terrorist is eliminated.
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