UN resolution ‘should have been adopted five months ago’ says Middle East specialist

What can the resolution passed at the UN change? Are his vote and the United States’ abstention a bolt from the blue? “Of course not. This resolution should have been adopted five months ago. The Americans abstained, and finally allowed the vote on a resolution on an immediate ceasefire”explains Jean-Pierre Filiu, Middle East specialist and professor at Sciences Po. According to him, “Netanyahu is waging this war for his personal survival as head of the Israeli government, to escape prosecution for corruption, breach of trust and fraud”.

A “staged” conflict with the United States

For Jean-Pierre Filiu, “Netanyahu needs to stage a largely artificial conflict with the United States” And “banking on a return of Trump to the White House”. The historian also says “totally overwhelmed by this situation which continues in full view of the whole world. (…) We have been seeing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe develop for five and a half months. The UN says that there are as many children killed in Gaza in four months than in four years in the rest of the world.