Netanyahu’s pre-emptive steps before UN General Assembly

In about two weeks when the 2025 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) convenes in full session, many important decisions would have to be made by member states of the UN on full membership of the state of Palestine rather than its present observer status. All permanent members of the UN with the exception of the United States will formally recognise the state of Palestine possibly with East Jerusalem as its capital. This is to say France, China, Great Britain and the Russian Federation would formally declare their formal recognition of the state of Palestine.

They will be followed by most members of the UN that had in recent times made public declaration of this intent. This will include members of the G7, namely Italy, Germany, Japan and Canada and other countries in the European Union, Australia and New Zealand, the African Union, the Arab League, the Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, the Baltic states, Brazil and some members of the Organisation of American states. 

It needs to be pointed out that many countries in the African Union including Nigeria had previously recognized Palestine. The United States is in an awkward position with most of its allies in NATO and the G7 supporting Israel because of the hawkish position of the current Israeli government. As at the time of writing, the UN has officially declared that Gaza and the Palestinian population are suffering from man-made suffering and starvation the like that has not been seen since 1945 which could have been prevented by allowing UN agencies to deliver the food in the thousands of trucks carrying food but which have been prevented from entering Gaza by the Israeli military for several months. The implication is that Israel is using starvation of children, women and the elderly as a weapon of war. The Palestinians go further to accuse Israel of genocide because of its alleged intention of reducing the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and in the western bank of the River Jordan where Israeli settlers are illegally driving away from their lands native Palestinian Bedouin and other natives and these actions are supported by the Israeli army and gangs of armed Jewish settlers. These actions have apparently driven the rest of the world in supporting the Palestinians who are facing genocide through starvation.