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> Israel has ignored a United Nations resolution demanding it halt settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territory that was criticized by the Trump administration, the UN Middle East envoy said Friday.
> Although the UN Security Council resolution passed December 23 demanded that Israel immediately cease all settlement activities, "No such steps have been taken," envoy Nickolay Mladenov said in his first report to the council since the resolution was adopted.
> In early February, Israel declared its intention to build what would be, according to anti-settlement group Peace Now, the first new settlement by an Israel government since 1992.
> Under the new administration, the United States, one of the five veto-wielding council members and a long-time Israel supporter, has pledged to back Israel more than Donald Trump's predecessor Barack Obama.
> As president-elect, Trump in late December assailed Obama's outgoing administration for abstaining in the December 23 council vote on a UN resolution reprimanding Israel over its settlement activity.
> By declining to use its veto, the US enabled the adoption of the first UN resolution since 1979 to condemn Israel over its settlement policy.
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... keep reading on reddit β‘I'm going to assume they united in 1960, seeing as indonesia, malaysia, and the philippines were all making an effort to realize this.(it fell apart tho)
NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA -- Nigerian FM: "Nations Rushing to War in East Timor Eroding Moral High Ground of International Community"
[May/June 2031]
(ABUJA) Nigeria's Foreign Minister David Mark has spoken out against the growing desire to retaliate militarily to Indonesia's ongoing invasion of East Timor.
"Of course, we condemn the actions of Indonesia in illegally seizing the territory of a sovereign nation. This violence cannot be ignored."
"However, given the reality that due to logistics and the inability of East Timor to resist the invasion, it is a lie that military intervention would actually stop the take over. It can reverse it, but reversing the invasion is a much less time-dependent operation than intervening mid-invasion."
Mr. Mark established Nigeria's stance that, while Indonesia must immediately leave East Timor and cease its illegal actions, the international community would be "eroding its moral high ground" by going to war with Indonesia.
"Armed action which precludes diplomatic and efforts via sanctions will cause far, far more bloodshed than the actual invasion of East Timor. For this loose coalition of trigger-happy nations to establish naval and air supremacy over the operational theater, they will go to war with all of Indonesia. The human toll of fighting a nation of more than 200 million people is ridiculous."
Nigeria has demanded that these nations await consensus at the United Nations Security Council and a resolution authorizing the use of force.
"Though we prefer trying economic sanctions first, especially because Indonesia's economy stands to lose a lot, lot more than it gains from taking a small plot of land; however, if there is going to be armed intervention it must be authorized in a legal manner."
"And, if an intervening coalition is to be formed, it must be regional countries with a clear connection to the region. The Republic of Texas, for example, has approached us in a bloodthirsty manner, intending to attack Indonesia. Texas has no business in South East Asia and we must be careful to not allow imperial interests to taint what is a noble cause of the international community."
