War, power games and impunity. I watched the farce that is the UN general assembly: what a tragedy, what a mess | Nesrine Malik

RIGHT HERE IS WHERE IT GETS GOOD IT IS EXACTLY LIKE WAITING IN LINE AT A BROKEN CAR WASH AT MIDNIGHT AND DO NOT TELL ME I AM WRONG BECAUSE THE ENTIRE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JUST SAT IN STASIS WHILE FOUR MASSIVE WARS BURNED AND NOBODY CARED WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE ZELENSKYY DETAILED FIVE YEARS OF AGGRESSION AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS KILLED WHILE TRUMP THREATENED TO ANNIHILATE IRAN AGAIN AND IRAN’S PRESIDENT SAID THEY WOULD DEFEND THEMSELVES SO THE LONE US REP WALKED OUT AND THE THING IS JORDAN’S KING ABDULLAH ASKED WHAT INTERNATIONAL LAW IS EVEN WORTH RIGHT AS ICC INDICTED NETANYAHU GAVE A BELLIGERENT SPEECH AND THEN THE UAE PREACHED ABOUT PEACE IN SUDAN DESPITE BEING ACCUSED OF ARMING THE RSF WHO FACE ACCUSATIONS OF GENOCIDE AND NOBODY CENSURED THEM.

THE GROUP CHAT IS LOSING IT OVER THIS AND EVERYBODY IS GETTING IT WRONG THINKING ANYONE AT THE UN WAS ACTUALLY FIXING CONFLICTS BECAUSE IT WAS TOTAL SHOWBOATING AND DECLINE WHILE FOUR WARS SPIRALED AND THE THING IS THE UAE PREACHED ABOUT PEACE IN SUDAN DESPITE FACING ACCUSATIONS OF ARMING AND FUNDING THE RSF WHO ARE ACCUSED OF GENOCIDE AND NO ONE IN THE UK OR US CALLED THEM OUT AFTER A FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN TRUMP'S FAMILY CRYPTO SCHEME AND MULTIBILLION POUND UK DEALS WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE TIFFANY TRUMP’S FATHER IN LAW WHO ADVISES ON ARAB AND AFRICAN AFFAIRS WOULD NOT EVEN NAME THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED AND MEANWHILE NETANYAHU WAS THE ONLY ICC INDICTED LEADER TO ADDRESS THE ASSEMBLY IN A BELLIGERENT SPEECH WHILE JORDAN’S KING SAID ISRAELI IMPUNITY HAS REACHED TERRIFYING LEVELS.

At the UN General Assembly, leaders traded threats and speeches amid escalating conflicts in Ukraine, Iran, Palestine, and Sudan, highlighting the paralysis of international law.

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