This is high time, the countries of the world demanded equal rights in all matters, whether related to security or development. If Muslim nations have any sense of respect, they must immediately start this campaign of mass exit from the UN
DR. JAVED JAMIL | Clarion India
THE whole world is watching the humanity crying in the Gaza. But none has the guts and the courage to interfere. Men and women, old, young and children are being massacred, yet the beigest body of the world is in no position to act.
The United Nations is hardly an organisation of the nations of the world. It is just an organisation of the 5 Big, without whose united support, nothing can happen even if the rest of the members are unanimous on an issue. The Big Five, holding veto powers, can do anything in the world, can kill any number of people or can protect any nation involved in genocide, if it suits the global designs of even a single one of them.
What is happening in Gaza is sheer massacre of innocent people. But the UN cannot even call for a ceasefire because one of the five is not interested. It is determined to protect its interests by safeguarding a terrorist state which is killing people in the name of self defence. Biden who had earned massive liking all over the world during his election campaign has proved that an American President is an American President first, and anything else second.
Be it Bush or Obama, be it Trump or Biden, when it comes to the Israel- Palestine question or the larger issues of the Muslim World, they all tend to behave similarly. Biden can see the “Right to Defence” of Israel but not that of Palestinians. He can see the “threat” posed by Palestinian rockets, which have killed just ten Israelis and have caused a little if any damage, but he cannot see the threat by Israel which has killed more than 220 Palestinians, more than 50 of whom children, and has destroyed dozens of buildings.
What to speak of punishment to Israel, which is forcibly occupying Palestinian territories for more than 70 years, UN cannot even pass a resolution asking for ceasefire. Why should then the non-Veto nations remain members of this toothless organization? Why should they not quit it without delay? Why should Muslim nations not take the lead in this regard? They must combine with the like-minded countries to have a mass exodus unless the United Nations removes the Veto power of the 5 Big Nations.
Isn’t this strange that a world, which worships Democracy, has its highest body run by an oligarchy of 5 countries? And this is continuing for more than 75 years. This is high time, the countries of the world demanded equal rights in all matters, whether related to security or development. If Muslim nations have any sense of respect, they must immediately start this campaign of mass exit from the UN. Otherwise, they should remain ready for recurrent destructions at the hands of the Big Five or their stooges.
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Dr Javed Jamil, currently Chair in Yenepoya University Mangalore, is an eminent Islamic scholar and author.
