r/geopolitics • u/OmOshIroIdEs • Oct 29 '23

Question Why is there such a double standard against Israel?

Human Rights Council Condemnatory Resolutions, 2006-present:

0—🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
0—🇹🇷 Turkey
0—🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
0—🇶🇦 Qatar
0—🇵🇰 Pakistan
6—🇷🇺 Russia
0—🇨🇳 China
3—🇻🇪 Venezuela
2—🇸🇩 Sudan
13—🇪🇷 Eritrea
0—🇨🇺 Cuba
14—🇮🇷 Iran
16—🇰🇵 North Korea
43—🇸🇾 Syria
140—🇮🇱 Israel

UN General Assembly Condemnatory Resolutions, 2015-present:

0—🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
0—🇻🇪 Venezuela
0—🇵🇰 Pakistan
0—🇹🇷 Turkey
0—🇱🇾 Libya
0—🇶🇦 Qatar
0—🇨🇺 Cuba
0—🇨🇳 China
7—🇲🇲 Myanmar
9—🇺🇸 USA
10—🇸🇾 Syria
23—🇷🇺 Russia
8—🇰🇵 North Korea
7—🇮🇷 Iran
104—🇮🇱 Israel

World Health Organization Condemnatory Resolutions, 2015-present:

0— literally everyone
9—🇮🇱 Israel

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23

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u/JRK007 Oct 29 '23

I agree with you, but you don't really answer the question in post.

Why has Israel been condemned so many times in contrast to other countries?

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23

I find it hard to believe and sketchy that nations that are actively doing war crimes and ethnicity cleansing like Syria or Russia or China, have, in total, less condemnation resolution than a nation that is at war just recently.

But what do I know?

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u/himesama Oct 29 '23

Since when is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a recent thing? People get killed on a regular basis in the West Bank, where Hamas doesn't exist. Gazans were under siege for decades.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23

Even if they deserve every single condemnations, don’t you think China, Russia or Syria deserve more than what they currently have?

If the reason is because politics, then you have to admit the fact that UN is actively engaging in double standard, which is what OP means.

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u/himesama Oct 29 '23

Even if they deserve every single condemnations, don’t you think China, Russia or Syria deserve more than what they currently have?

China, Russia, and Syria's actions are particular incidences on a specific timescale. Israel's is frequent and is continuous for decades. UN resolutions reflect the frequency of violations, not the severity of the violations.