Trinidad and Tobago minister tells UN the Global South is appalled by Gaza war
Trinidad and Tobago’s foreign minister has blasted developed countries’ “double standards and continued resourcing” of Israel’s “violations of international law” in a speech to the UN General Assembly.
“Only someone absolutely bereft of humanity would think that it is lawful and just, and even godly, to respond to atrocities committed on one awful day of terror by, in turn, committing atrocities after atrocities,” Amery Browne told the annual meeting of world leaders in New York.
Browne also questioned how some countries appeared to be glossing over the killing of innocent civilians including women, children and UN staff in Gaza and Lebanon, stating: “International law is not a tool of mere convenience to be muted for friends and trumpeted against enemies.”
“This is not being done in secret. The entire world is watching and the Global South in, particular, is appalled,” he said.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Amery Browne addressed the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Saturday
Nasrallah’s death comes at ‘dire time’ for Hezbollah amid ‘incessant’ Israeli attacks: Analyst
Omar Rahman, a fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, said the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah has come at the “most dire time possible” for Hezbollah while it is engaged in a war with Israel and has suffered “a serious leadership vacuum” following recent killings of senior commanders.
“We have a leadership vacuum and I think there’s probably a lot of confusion within the rank and file, which corresponds with how Hezbollah is responding or not responding to this Israeli aggression at the moment,” Rahman told Al Jazeera.
“I don’t think there is any way to sugarcoat it from Hezbollah’s point of view. In the long run, they’ll replace Nasrallah and regroup as an organisation,” Rahman said.
“But, again, within the midst of what’s happened here – the decimation of their senior leadership, the killing of Hassan Nasrallah who was an iconic figure within the organisation, the disruption of their communications networks and the fashion that happened with the pagers… and then this incessant and severe bombing of Lebanon that’s happened over the past several days – there is no way to sugarcoat it. It has been a huge turning point in Israel’s favour,” he said.
“I think Hezbollah is on the back foot. They may regroup and find their footing here and be able to respond with the capabilities they have. But this took them by surprise.”
Problem is, most of the ammunition and infrastructure is still there. Hezbollah will regroup with their eyes set on revenge. It's merely a temporary success for Israel, yet the new power structure will be more careful within their ranks and likely less careful avoiding civilian casualties :(
Meanwhile the Lebanese people are there to take the blows from Israel. Lebanon lacking air defense has the entire country sitting duck to Israel's bombardments. Israel believes this will erode people's support for Hezbollah, yet people aren't that stupid. They know who is bombing them, and who the ones are that can avenge them / bring them some justice. The West certainly isn't stepping in :/
Israel has tried and failed to invade Lebanon before: Analyst
Mouin Rabbani, non-resident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, told Al Jazeera that while Hezbollah’s leadership is in disarray, it remains a “powerful adversary” against Israel.
“It would take a massive ground invasion, which Israel has tried and failed before, to achieve its proclaimed objectives in Lebanon,” Rabbani said, adding that some Israeli experts have said its troops “are already fatigued in Gaza”.
Rabbani also noted that directly attacking leadership has not always had the effect Israel might have hoped for. “Assassinating a leader and eradicating a movement, as Israel will have learned during the past year in the Gaza Strip, are two very different things,” Rabbani said.
Russia nor the US could take/keep Afghanistan due to the terrain. This looks rather similar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasions_of_Afghanistan (One of the most if not the most invaded country in history)
