Sunday, March 25, 2018

Weekly Report 5


I found an article on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the Jerusalem Post, “UN Human Rights Council Approves Call for Arms Embargo against Israeli.” This article explains the decisions made by the UN Human rights Council to try and stop arms sales towards Israel. “The United Nations Human Rights Council called on the international community to halt arms sales to Israel as it wrapped up its month-long 37th session in Geneva.” Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations, “slammed the council’s anti-Israeli bias.” She compares the Human Rights Council treatment towards Israel, to North Korea. Which says a lot because Israel and North Korea are two totally different countries, and North Korea is not respected by most Nations. Nikki threatens the council by stating how the United States does not have “unlimited patience.” However, members argue there has been horrific violence towards Israel and Israeli citizens have not been treated well or accordingly. A UK representative concludes that “UK is voting in support of the self-determination and human rights resolutions.” It seems to me like this conflict will never end. There are too many differing opinions and the conflict is so involved and difficult to understand. It seems like there are always updates in the news, but the progress to resolve the conflict is never ending. It is hard to please both sides when there is so much history and tension between both parties, and third party countries could possibly exacerbate the conflict by siding with one party and not giving the other party fair treatment. 





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