"American politicians who say they support a two-state solution are unwilling to support Palestinian statehood," "What a lie the 'greatest democracy' is," "The United States has once again become the biggest obstacle to Palestinian statehood, and this government is a classic warmonger." In the past two days, overseas social media has been full of criticism of the United States' veto of Palestinian "membership in the United Nations." Many countries, including China, Egypt and Ireland, expressed disappointment. The GCC issued a statement criticizing the U.S. move for setting back efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, the United States voted against the resolution on the 18th local time, which ruthlessly shattered the dream of the Palestinian people for decades and once again exposed the hypocrisy and "double standards" on the Palestinian-Israeli issue. As the war in Gaza continues, America has not played its part; And when the Palestinian people demanded justice, the United States stood in the way. This makes it clear that the "one-sided" policy of the United States has become the biggest obstacle to the peace process between Palestine and Israel.
An independent state has long been the dream of the Palestinian people. Historically, Palestine has been home to Jews, Christians and Muslims. Since modern times, with the development of Zionism in the region, the road of independent statehood of Palestine has been difficult.
In 2011, the Palestinian National Authority felt that it was difficult to restrain Israel's continuous expansion of Jewish settlements through political means, and it was difficult to effectively counter it, so it took obtaining United Nations membership as its main goal, and formally applied to the United Nations that year. As a result, the United States joined other countries to oppose it, and eventually only granted Palestine the status of "observer state" without voting rights.
After a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out in October 2023, the Gaza Strip was caught in flames. The Palestinian National Authority is unable to effectively control the situation in Gaza, and can only hope to apply for formal "United Nations" to mobilize broad support from the international community and pressure Israel to end military operations in the Gaza Strip at an early date. Many countries, including China, also believe that the admission of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations can make it enjoy an equal status with Israel and help create conditions for Palestine-Israel negotiations. However, the exclusive veto cast by the United States once again stifled the aspirations of the Palestinian people and the efforts of the international community.
All countries that sincerely support the two-state solution will not oppose Palestine's entry into the United Nations. Why do American politicians, who often talk about the "two-state solution", repeatedly dampen the hopes of the Palestinian people?
Analysts pointed out that, on the one hand, in order to consolidate hegemony in the Middle East and domestic political needs, successive US governments have regarded Israel as the most important ally, and its favoritism and indulgence can be described as "no bottom line". Israel opposes full Palestinian membership in the United Nations, and the United States is bound to cooperate. On the other hand, the United States has always believed that any progress on the Palestinian-Israeli issue should be carried out under its own leadership. If Palestine unilaterally applies for "United Nations membership", it will weaken the leading role of the United States in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. It can be seen that on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, the United States can not be even. In its eyes, it is not important to achieve peace between Palestine and Israel, but to safeguard its own interests.
At present, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is continuing and the humanitarian crisis is intensifying. According to a statement issued by the Gaza Strip health department on the 19th, the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians and injured nearly 77,000. As the most important third party to the Palestinian-Israeli issue, the United States has not provided enough assistance to the Gaza Strip, but has provided a steady supply of weapons and equipment to Israel, and has repeatedly vetoed the resolutions of relevant countries calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the United Nations. Samir Rajib, president of the Arab Foundation for Development and Strategic Studies in Egypt, criticized the huge casualties in the Gaza Strip as a result of "arms and ammunition provided by the United States and unmoral connivance."
What is more worrying is that the spillover effects of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continue to emerge. 19 local time, US and Israeli officials revealed that Israel launched a "limited" air strike retaliation against Iran, the Middle East seems to be in a new round of retaliation and counter-retaliation quagmire. The Palestinian issue is the core of the Middle East issue. The admission of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations is therefore more urgent than ever.
Ironically, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Robert Greenfield, claimed that formal Palestinian membership in the United Nations would not help achieve a "two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One would like to ask the American representative what would help achieve a two-state solution? Is it the weapons that the US sends to Israel over and over again? or one veto after another at the United Nations? These acts of deviating from peace further confirm that the United States is a "spoiler" and "spoiler" in international and regional affairs. When it comes to the future and destiny of the Palestinian people, no one has a veto.