TL DR For the first time the UN security council has voted for a call for a ceasefire in Gaza, after the US abstained, rather than using its veto as it has done on previous occasions. Russia and China have also previously vetoed texts.

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    8 months ago

    Does this have any teeth? What consequences would isn’treal face for violating it?

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      It is supposed to be only during Ramadan and nothing afterwards. Russia tried to get the word ‘permanent’ in the deal, but that didn’t pass.

      As for what would stop Israel for continuing: nothing really.

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        I saw a line in the CNN article shared by Yogthos that CNN has since deleted that said the UN’s enforcement mechanisms are “limited”.

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          Most realistic options seems to be something like sanctions. I doubt military intervention would occur were Israël to breach the ceasefire deal. I also have no idea of they are supposed to agree to it or not.

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            Yeah, sanctions seems like the most probable outcome. I can’t see any military intervention happening.

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              I don’t even see sanctions happening, other than maybe a few perfunctory token ones, but even there i am skeptical.

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                You’re probably right, I definitely can’t see US putting any sanctions on Israel, and Europe might do some token ones. China, Russia, and the Global South might be a different question though.

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    Only took them over half a year of ehm’s and aw’s to eventually decide to politely ask the fascists if they can maybe stop bombing children, with no threat of any repercussions if they choose to continue.

  • On one hand it’s nothing but on the other hand it’s progress that for once in modern “Israel’s” existence, the US didn’t completely cover Israel, and that potentially something legit can unfold soon. Poor Palestinians in the meanwhile……………