Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled an Israeli delegation’s trip to Washington after the U.S. refused to veto a U.N. Security Council reso...
The only impact it has was to further limit the ability of the US to pressure Israel to not advance into Rafah. You got your resolution, and now the situation is worse.
I think the significance is that it serves as a signal to other countries that sanctioning or suspending things like trade and aid to Israel are more of a possibility now that the US has kind of stepped out of the way symbolically.
Israel is bevoming increasingly isolated, and the inevitable outcome is that at some point the US is basically hoing to cut the line rather than go down with Israel. Even though it might not be under this administration, the spell around Israel’s untouchable status is cracking.
I think the significance is that it serves as a signal to other countries that sanctioning or suspending things like trade and aid to Israel are more of a possibility now that the US has kind of stepped out of the way symbolically.
Israel is bevoming increasingly isolated, and the inevitable outcome is that at some point the US is basically hoing to cut the line rather than go down with Israel. Even though it might not be under this administration, the spell around Israel’s untouchable status is cracking.