First he forced Ariel Sharon to give up the Philadelphi Corridor. Then he forced Israel to allow Hamas to run in Palestinian elections, even though Ba’athists were not allowed to run in Iraq, and Taliban were not allowed to run in Afghanistan.
Now W. is allowing the UN Security Council to try to force Israel into a cease fire.
Western and Arab foreign ministers on Thursday agreed on a compromise draft resolution calling for an immediate Gaza ceasefire and decided to put it to a UN Security Council vote, a Palestinian diplomat said.
[…] In a key concession to the Arabs, a text circulated by the British delegation earlier Thursday “calls for an immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire” in Gaza and “for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.”
An earlier version merely “stressed the need” for an immediate ceasefire.
The latest British draft available also “condemns all acts of hostilities and terror directed against civilians” and for “the lifting of the Israeli blockade” of Gaza.
Say, Stephen Walt: I thought the Israel lobby was too strong for something like this to happen.
I can only pray that Israel pays as much attention to Resolution 1860 as Hezbullah has paid to 1701.
First:
Israel should tell the “security council” to eff themselves.
Second:
There’s an Israel Solidarity rally at noon in the Chicago loop tomm.
FYI Chicago-area commenters.
Bush has disappointed me in a lot of ways. This one’s another. Sigh. And I completely agree with annoyinglittletwerp about Israel’s response to the “Security Council”.
Actually, this is a good sign. The UN never takes action like this against Israel unless the Israelis are being sucessful. If Israel were bogged down and losing many lives without much progress the UN would still be debating.