Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood
Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood
Despite Bidenâs pledge to support a two-state solution, cables argue that Palestine should not be granted U.N. member status.
The US government cares about no people, including its own public.
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The lobbying effort, revealed in copies of unclassified State Department cables obtained by The Intercept, is at odds with the Biden administrationâs pledge to fully support a two-state solution.
The diplomatic cable includes a rationale for the administrationâs opposition to the vote, citing the risk of inflaming tensions, political backlash, and potentially leading to the U.S. Congress cutting U.N. funding.
Asked about the cable and whether its opposition to U.N. recognition of Palestinian statehood contradicts the Biden administrationâs position in support of a two-state solution, the State Department did not respond at the time of publication.
A second cable dated April 13 sent from the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador, relays Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeldâs agreement with the United States that Palestine should not be recognized for statehood.
âThis really shows the extent to which the [Ecuadorian President Daniel] Noboa administration is beholden to the United States,â Guillaume Long, senior fellow at the D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research and former foreign minister of Ecuador, told The Intercept when shown the cable.
According to the first State Department cable, U.N. meetings since the beginning of April suggest that Algeria, China, Guyana, Mozambique, Russia, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, and Malta support granting Palestine full membership to the U.N.
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Put aside our feelings, it makes sense.
Hamas not only probably couldn't win an election in Palestine if they allowed their people to vote, but Hamas is also based out of Qatar and recieves what is the totality of their funding from Qatar and Iran.
Recognizing Palestine at this moment would give Qatar double the voting power of every other member nation (not on security council), but would also likely lead to destabilization between Qatar and Iran over full control over that voting power, and the Palestinian people themselves.
We are fucking leftists, right? We need to help the Palestinian people establish an autonomous zone from which they can develop a new governing body to lead them.