The Palestinian Authority and Arab countries are seeking to achieve moral victory over Israel, by submitting before the UN General Assembly, a draft resolution, condemning Israel and demanding “protection” for the Palestinian people.
Miroslav Lajcak, president of the General Assembly, announced the holding of an emergency meeting on Wednesday, upon the request of Arab countries, to vote on a resolution similar to a one previously vetoed by the United States at the Security Council, deploring Israel’s killing of Palestinians in Gaza and calling for protection for the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation.
The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, said that the representatives of the Arab Group and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have requested this emergency meeting because of the urgent need to protect the Palestinian people.
Mansour added that the General Assembly was going to vote on the same Kuwaiti-sponsored resolution that was vetoed by the US in the Security Council on the first of June.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned “the aggression of the brutal occupation on the “marches of return” and the resulting crimes and gross violations of international law.”
Palestinian officials are demanding that the international protection of the Palestinian people under the occupation be handed over to the United Nations General Assembly under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.
However, the form of such international protection demanded by the Palestinians is not clear yet, but sources talked about the PA’s approval of the deployment of a joint international force, which Israel rejects in any case.
