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“A Final Solution”
The Wikipedia entry for 'final solution':
The Final Solution (German: die Endlösung, pronounced [diː ˈʔɛntˌløːzʊŋ]) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (German: Endlösung der Judenfrage, pronounced [ˈɛntˌløːzʊŋ deːɐ̯ ˈjuːdn̩ˌfʁaːɡə]) was a Nazi plan for the genocide of individuals they defined as Jews during World War II. The "Final Solution to the Jewish question" was the official code name for the murder of all Jews within reach, which was not restricted to the European continent. This policy of deliberate and systematic genocide starting across German-occupied Europe was formulated in procedural and geopolitical terms by Nazi leadership in January 1942 at the Wannsee Conference held near Berlin, and culminated in the Holocaust, which saw the murder of 90% of Polish Jews, and two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe.
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Yesterday the U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution which demanded an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, flouted her own resolution which, for lack of support, was not put to a vote.
At the press stake-out after the vote Thomas-Greenfield remarked:
Good afternoon, everyone.
You just heard me make the case for a resolution that I believe all of us can agree to. In fact, the points in the proposed resolution have all been articulated by the other 14 members of this Council.
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The draft we’ve presented is a forward leaning resolution. And it is one that we intend to work on in good faith with other Council members to ensure it gets over the finish line.
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We are eager to continue working with the Council on this proposal: One that would see a temporary ceasefire as soon as practicable, based on the formula of all hostages being released. And one that would get aid into the hands of those Palestinians who so desperately need it.
All told, we intend to do this the right way, so that we can create the right conditions for a safer, more peaceful future. And we will continue to actively engage in the hard work of direct diplomacy on the ground until we reach a final solution.
A final solution – one way or the other …
Posted by: pq | Feb 21 2024 16:44 utc | 71
About Russia: To understand clearly what Russia is, just follow closely and analyse its stance on the catastrophic events in Palestine.
Russia is a big power that is concerned with its own interests, a primary one of which is to remain a big power, to be acknowledged and treated as such and to retain its veto in the UN CS as a guarantee that it has some control over world events. Its arguments in favor of keeping the veto in the UNSC are absurd and can easily be refuted.
Russia forsakes principles it preaches when in its interest, just as big powers do.
It insist on its “civilisation-state” (whatever that is) status, with a full mouth of a new just and fair world order where everyone is equal. But if you are a “civilisation-state” (which sounds like exceptionalism), and others are not, there is no equality.
On Gaza and the Middle-East Russia was first to very loudly qualify the Hamas revolt as terrorism and has only recently abandoned the use of the term. Russian official media still refer to Hamas as radical, with a negative conotation (terrorist), while Hamas is a resistance movement.
Russia has never stated in any shape or form that the Palestinians, which are under colonial terror, have a right to use any means to liberate themselves from colonial domination, even though that right is clearly set out in UN documents, and even though it is Russia which constantly insists on following UN documents.
Russia, however, does insist on UN documents when it constantly repeats that there is “only” one solution to the Palestine question – the two-state solution within 1967 borders. It sees that as “fair”, and just!
Russia, therefore, does not support the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, which can only be exercised on the whole territory of Palestine pre 1948 and the proclamation of the Zionist state of Israel. That is what is fair, and just.
Russia has stated unequivocally that the safety and security of Israel is of great importance to Russia.
Russia has called a meeting of the Palestinian factions in Moscow in order to get all of them to unite under the totally compromised Palestinian Authority which accepts, what Russia also wants, two-states with Palestine within 1967 borders, meaning on a tiny portion of the Palestinian homeland that was ruthlessly taken over by the Zionists, with UN imprimatur.
We have yet to see whether Hamas and Islamic Jihad will join this meeting because they are fighting for liberation from colonialism, while the PA excepts it.
Just today TASS has the following report:
CAIRO, February 21. /TASS/. Palestinian factions set to meet in Moscow in late February intend to reach a common agreement on forming a unified Palestinian government of technocrats, Ayman Al-Raqab, a member of the governing wing of one of the main factions within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Fatah movement, told a TASS correspondent.
“We hope that an agreement will be reached at the upcoming meeting in Moscow to form a unified Palestinian government of technocrats,” Al-Raqab said. According to him, “such a government should have no political goals, and we are confident that the disagreements on this issue at the intra-Palestinian meeting will be overcome.”
This is one of the most reactionary ideas technocratic government with no political goals!) launched lately, and Russia, obviously, wants to be the sponsor of it. Such ideas are fully alligned with US/Israel desires and designs.
Also today:
MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. Foreign Ministers of Russia and Egypt Sergey Lavrov and Sameh Shoukry discussed the situation at the Middle East with an emphasis on the situation in the Gaza Strip, underscoring the necessity to establish a Palestinian state, the Russian Foreign Minister said in a statement following the G20 ministerial meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
The two ministers “underscored the need for a prompt consolidation of international efforts in the interest of a fair settlement upon a universally recognized basis, which implies the establishment of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with a capital in East Jerusalem, coexisting in peace and security with Israel.”
All this and, a lot more, exposes Russia’s disregard for the principles it preaches when it suits its own interests. It shows that it is just a big power that will do as it sees fit when it can. Somewhat reminiscent of the USSR, for all of us who know what that means.
Posted by: JB | Feb 21 2024 17:51 utc | 89
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