cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/7945843
Israel has said the “time has come to teach the United Nations a lesson” by banning UN officials from visiting the country – in a row over remarks from secretary-general Antonio Guterres that the deadly 7 October attack by Hamas “did not happen in a vacuum” and had to be seen in the context of decades of occupation of the Palestinians.
If you don’t let international observers into the country, or the war zone, there’s nothing to observe, therefore anybody who says a war crime happens is obviously lying. Because they couldn’t have possibly observed it
It’s the perfect political strategy.
It worked so well before…
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/united-nations-and-apartheid-timeline-1946-1994
1955 The South African Government withdrew from membership in the UNESCO in protest against UNESCO’s activities against racial discrimination.