The Palestine Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah Shawesh has knocked the United States for blocking his country’s application for United Nations full membership.
Shawesh said that the excuse that Palestine full membership of UN will hinder the two states solution is neither here or there.
The envoy who spoke at the weekend said US’s action is a tacit support to Israel continuous attacks on Gaza.
He said: ” US has vetoed a Palestinian request to the United Nations Security Council for full membership and becoming the 194th member state of the United Nations.
“The US said that the “full membership of Palestine in the United Nations will not help in reaching a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.” Not only did they repeat their unfair position and fully back the Israeli occupation but they also considered the Israeli brutal occupation a just conflict.
“The United States stands strongly against Palestinian legitimate rights.
“The United States is the iron shield of the Israeli occupation.
“The United States is against the Palestinians’ right to self-determination, which is a basic human right.
“The United States is the largest sponsor of the Israeli occupation.
“The US veto green light to the current Israeli genocide and entrenches the Israeli occupation.
“The current carnage and genocide could not have occurred without the full political complicity and unlimited military support of the United States.
“USA took the same Israeli political stand of the Palestinian UN membership.”
Shawesh also revealed that no fewer than 34,183 Palestinian have been killed since the commencement of attacks on 7 October 2023.
He said 77,143 people injured , 8,425 arrested, including 280 women, 540 children, 45 journalists, and 5,210 administrative detentions.
The envoy explained that the figure of casualty “does not include the Gazans who have been arrested and forcibly hidden.”