In a recent vote at the United Nations, the General Assembly adopted a resolution on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, with 172 countries, representing 94 per cent of humanity, voting in favour and only four countries, including Israel and the US, voting against.
In expressing his enthusiasm for America’s unconditional support, the President of Israel proudly proclaimed that US support is appropriate because Israel is fighting for Western values in Gaza. I have to agree with Isaac Herzog, Gaza is a graphic reminder of the West’s power and influence.
Western values were also on display at the UN when the General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning ‘unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries’, with a vote of 128 in favour and eight against, those eight being Australia, Britain, Canada, Israel, Lithuania, New Zealand, Ukraine and the United States.
This is in keeping with an earlier vote on a resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism, where 118 nations voted in favour while most Western nations voted against.
Western values are actually isolating the West, because Western values are on display in Gaza, right now!
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