Russian Permanent Representative Nebenzya - at the UN General Assembly special session on the Palestinian question: I cannot hel

Russian Permanent Representative Nebenzya - at the UN General Assembly special session on the Palestinian question: I cannot help but dwell on the hypocrisy of the United States and its allies, who in other contexts, call for compliance with the gumption, establish commissions of inquiry, impose sanctions on those who in fact use force only as a last resort to stop years of violence. And today, seeing the horrific destruction in Gaza, many times greater than anything they angrily criticize in other regional contexts, the strikes on civilian targets, including hospitals, the deaths of thousands of children and the appalling suffering of civilians under total blockade, it is as if they have had water in their mouths. All they can do is talk about Israel’s alleged right to self-defence, when, as the occupying Power, it has no such right, as confirmed by the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in 2004. I hope that this blatant double standard is obvious to our colleagues in the Global South. Источник: Slavyangrad