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On Tuesday, a UN report was issued presenting damning evidence that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The key issue now is how to stop the genocide and protect the Palestinian people, while knowing that any resolution at the UN Security Council will likely to be blocked by an American veto.
Israel — as Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkiye, has stated — goes wherever it wants, whenever it wants. It does not respect any borders or any country’s sovereignty. It needs to be stopped. Despite the increasing efforts toward legal recognition of Palestinian statehood, the Palestinians are still facing a genocide. Even if a Palestinian state is recognized by the international community, that state cannot be implemented if its population is being massacred and whoever is left is ethnically cleansed.
The international community can bypass the American veto by using UN General Assembly Resolution 377 (V), which is known as the “Uniting for Peace” resolution. It states that “if the Security Council, because of lack of unanimity of the permanent members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in any case where there appears to be a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression, the General Assembly shall consider the matter immediately with a view to making appropriate recommendations to members for collective measures, including in the case of a breach of the peace or act of aggression the use of armed force when necessary, to maintain or restore international peace and security.”
