Analyst:

UN rejection of US resolution on Hamas shows major break from US policies

Rasa The UN General Assembly’s decision to reject a US resolution to condemn Palestinian resistance group Hamas is indicative of a “broad shift” away from Washington’s policies, an American political analyst says.

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Date: 08 December 2018 - 12:53

RNA - Scott Bennett, a former US Army psychological warfare officer, made the remarks on Friday, a day after the US sponsored resolution failed to get the two-third majority vote at the 193-member UNGA.

The resolution attempted to condemn Hamas for carrying out rocket attacks against Israel and using "airborne incendiary devices" against Israelis living in occupied Palestinian lands.

The resolution came weeks after Hamas and other Palestinian resistance groups fired over 400 rockets into Israel during a two-day flare-up of violence following a botched Israeli attack against a Hamas commander.

US Ambassador Nikki Haley said before the vote that the assembly could make history condemning Hamas, which she referred to as "one of the most obvious and grotesque cases of terrorism in the world."

The UNGA defeat shows that “the world has basically broken away and it’s not going to be following the path of continuing US aggression against Palestinians, It’s not going to be supporting the Israeli expansion” Bennett said.

“So this is a broad shift in the United Nations towards the aggressive expansion and the aggressive policies of Israel,” he added.

According to Press TV, the vote also wrapped up Haley’s political career in a “dismal fizzle and a smoking ruin.” whose mission comes to an end this month.

“She has never had any of the political clout or the personality in order to persuade the logic of her argument to the world and instead she has relied on bluster, on threats, on intimidation, on bribes” and other such tactics, he added.

On Friday, US President Donald Trump named State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to replace Haley.

Bennett said Haley’s approach played an important role in the General Assembly’s decision to make a clear choice between staying a “puppet” for Washington or braking free from it.

“It is a good sign,” he said. “Because it gives people hope in the region that Israel will not be given a card blanche license to wage incursion or invasions.”

The move would also raise hopes for a global will to hold Israeli responsible for its conducts, something Bennett said we will be hearing more about in the next year.

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