Russian diplomat: The West views the Palestinians as second-class citizens.
According to “Tass” news agency, Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations last night, in his speech at the Security Council meeting dedicated to the situation in the Middle East, spoke harshly about the West’s attitude towards the Palestinians and said that Western countries are interested in They do not help the Palestinian people, because they consider them second-class citizens.
Nebenzia added: “During the past weeks and the worsening of the situation in the Middle East, a very unpleasant fact has been revealed, and that is: for the West, Palestinians are considered second-class citizens who are simply not interested in protecting their lives and paying attention to their interests.” This attitude is the main reason for the problems that the Security Council is facing in providing a quick solution to the tragedy that happened in the Gaza Strip.
According to him, requests from the Security Council to establish an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip have been raised since the beginning of the escalation of conflicts between Hamas and Israel. Russia submitted a draft resolution to the Council on October 16, but nothing came of it. The Russian diplomat continued: “The most the council has been able to issue in all this time is the toothless Resolution 2712 on establishing a humanitarian moratorium without any mechanism to monitor its implementation, and it is not surprising that this plan is not being implemented.”
Nebenzia emphasized that the message of the adopted resolution was correct at the beginning, but given the destructive efforts of the United States, the resolution did not include a request for an immediate ceasefire or unhindered access to people in need and provide them with the necessary assistance and again failed to find a way. To solve the problems in the Gaza Strip.