(중동) 유엔 안보리 이스라엘의 정착촌 건설 중단하라고 결의

츌처: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38421026

**  밝은 하늘 **

   이스라엘의 정착촌 건설은 국제법 위반이라서 유엔에서 중단을 촉구한 것인데, 미국은 이스라엘의 뒤를 봐주는 입장이니까 거부권을 행사할 수 없었을 것이다. 그래서 미국과 이스라엘이 세계평화의 양대 위협이라 할 수 있는 것이다. 국제법이 있어도 힘이 센 강대국은 수시로 안 지키니 있으나마나 한데, 약소국에겐 철저하게 준수를 요구하는 불평등한 이 세계질서는 옛날이나 지금이나 큰 차이가 없을 것이다. 힘이 지배하는 세상~~~ 

   그런데 재미있는 사실 하나는 힘을 추구하는 세상에서 살아남는 방법은 반대로 힘을 추구하지 않는 것이다. 힘political power을 추구하는 세상의 논리와 정반대로 살아가는 것이다. 그런데 개인차원에서나 국가차원에서 힘이 없기 때문에 힘을 추구하지 않기 때문에, 때때로 굴욕이나 상처나 이런 언짢은 일들은 있을 지 모른다. 그것마져 초월을 한다면 아마 이 세상을 초월할 것이다.

Israeli settlements: UN Security Council calls for an end

• 24 December 2016
 
• From the sectionMiddle East

The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements after the US refused to veto it. 팔레스타인땅에 시도하는 이스라엘의 정착행위는 불법이란 사실. 그래서 유엔 안보리는 이런 행위를 이스라엘이 중단하라고 결의안을 통과시킨 것임.

The Egyptian-drafted resolution had been withdrawn after Israel asked Donald Trump to intervene but it was proposed again by Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal and Venezuela. 애초에 이집트가 발의한 법안은 이스라엘의 부탁을 받은 트럼프가 개입하는 바람에 물거품이 되었으나, 다시 말레이시아, 뉴질랜드, 세네갈, 베네주엘라가 공동으로 법안을 발의하였다.

The US has traditionally sheltered Israel from condemnatory resolutions. 미국은 이제껏 유엔이 이스라엘을 비난하는 결의안을 낼 때마다 막아주곤 했으니, 이스라엘의 방패막 역할을 수십년간 해오고 있는 셈이다. (밝은 하늘: 첫째는 이 점때문에 이스라엘이 기곤만장해진 것이다. 또 하나 이스라엘이 기고만장해진 것은 미국이 이스라엘을 경제적으로 또 군사적으로 전세계에서 제일 많이 지원하고 있기 때문이다. 2015년도까지 미국의 해외 경제원조 및 해외군사원조에서 1위는 둘 다 이스라엘이었다.)

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not abide by the vote.

Israel announced its ambassadors to New Zealand and Senegal had been ordered to return for consultations. Israel has no diplomatic ties with Malaysia and Venezuela.

The Palestinian leadership welcomed the UN resolution, which was passed by 14 votes to zero, with one abstention. 표결결과는 찬성14표 기권1표 반대0표 (abstention: 기권)

President-elect Trump, who will be inaugurated on 20 January, tweeted after the vote: "As to the UN, things will be different after Jan. 20th."

The issue of Jewish settlements is one of the most contentious between Israel and the Palestinians, who see them as an obstacle to peace.

About 500,000 Jews live in about 140 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.

Blame and bitterness keeping peace at bay

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US policy reverse: By Barbara Plett Usher

The resolution reflects an international consensus that the growth of Israeli settlement-building has come to threaten the viability of a Palestinian state in any future peace deal.

It is a view strongly shared by the Obama administration, and for that reason the US reversed its policy of vetoing any UN Security Council criticism of Israel.

It is a decision that was taken after months of debate within the administration about whether and how President Obama might be able to define his position on a two-state solution before leaving office.

But his successor Donald Trump has made clear he intends to strongly support Israeli government positions, even making a highly unorthodox intervention before the vote by publicly urging Mr Obama to veto the resolution.

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In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said: "Israel rejects this shameful anti-Israel resolution at the UN and will not abide by its terms.

"At a time when the Security Council does nothing to stop the slaughter of half a million people in Syria, it disgracefully gangs up on the one true democracy in the Middle East, Israel, and calls the Western Wall 'occupied territory'.

"The Obama administration not only failed to protect Israel against this gang-up at the UN, it colluded with it behind the scenes. Israel looks forward to working with President-elect Trump and with all our friends in Congress, Republicans and Democrats alike, to negate the harmful effects of this absurd resolution."

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Image captionDonald Trump has taken a strongly pro-Israel stance

The US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, said the resolution reflected the "facts on the ground" that settlement growth had been accelerating.

"The settlement problem has gotten so much worse that it is threatening the two-state solution," she said.

She criticised Mr Netanyahu's support for settlement expansion, saying: one cannot simultaneously champion expanding settlements and champion a two-state solution that would end the conflict."

However, Ms Power added that the US had not voted in favour of the resolution because it was "too narrowly focused" on settlements.

She added that even if all settlements were dismantled, both sides would still have to acknowledge "uncomfortable truths" and make "difficult choices" to reach peace.

A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said: "The Security Council resolution is a big blow to Israeli policy, a unanimous international condemnation of settlements and a strong support for the two-state solution."

On Thursday, Mr Trump had urged the Security Council to defeat the motion.

"Peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties, and not through the imposition of terms by the United Nations," he said in a statement. "This puts Israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all Israelis."