One year since the ceasefire, the UN commemorates its failures

Nothing spells hypocrisy more accurately than the UN commemorating its failures. In a press release titled One year after ceasefire announcement, killings continue across Gaza, the UN Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office expresses its purported concern “about continued crimes under international law, including war crimes.” That is to be expected when, instead of halting genocide, a ceasefire is announced so belatedly that it holds no value except in international rhetoric. Since the so-called ceasefire, which did nothing but give the international community respite from having to face global outrage at Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, over 1,400 Palestinians have been killed, 1,076 of which have been identified by UN personnel. The press release also notes that […]