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President Joe Biden
IT IS a sign of the changing balance of opinion in the world that the Palestinians are able to summon the foreign diplomats accredited to their beleaguered state to account for the actions of their governments in stalling the resolution before the UN which condemned the latest atrocities of the Israeli regime.
The Western powers have a twin track approach to the enduring question of the Israeli’s arrogant disregard for the formal positions regarding Palestinian self-determination.
Under both Democrat and Republican presidents, the leading imperial power simply exercises its security council veto whenever a resolution critical of Israel comes before it.
The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT