UN continues obscene silence on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

 

My latest article revealing that Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Hamas have seemingly agreed to the creation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine - trashing the failed two-State solution proposed by the UN since 2016 - has brought no response from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. 

On 10 January I forwarded my article to Stephane Dujarric - Guterres' spokesperson - asking him:

"For how much longer can the Secretary-General refuse to acknowledge even the existence of this alternative solution to the UN's failed two-state solution?"

On January 3, 2023 I had written to Mr Dujarric:

"I note the Secretary General stated on 19 December: ‘We owe it to people to find solutions, to fight back, and to act", said Secretary-General António Guterres. "At times, discreetly but always with determination, we will fight back."  

I certainly hope the Secretary General has finally decided to bring the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution to the General Assembly and Security Council for consideration as an alternative to the two-State solution unsuccessfully pursued by the UN since the passing of UNSCR 2334 in 2016. I hope that I might receive an acknowledgement of this email by return and a considered statement from the Secretary General that I can publish in response to this latest article within the next 72 hours."

Both emails - along with many others enclosing earlier articles - were not even acknowledged by Mr Dujarric. 

Guterres should rename Dujarric: The Non-Spokesperson for the Secretary General.

Guterres heads the following massive UN anti-Israel administration that vilifies and denigrates Israel on a daily basis - that would disintegrate if the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution was successfully implemented:

• Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP):

Established in 1975 to enable the 1964-invented "Palestinians" to exercise falsely –claimed inalienable rights to self-determination, national independence and sovereignty without external interference; to return to their homes and property from which they had been displaced. 

• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):

Established in 1949 carrying out direct relief and works programmes solely for Palestinian Arab refugees involving expenditure of US$2.048 billion in 2022-2023

• Special Rapporteur - Francesca Albanese:

Assessing the human rights situation in the UN-falsely-designated "Occupied Palestinian Territories", reporting publicly about it, and working with governments, civil society and others to foster international cooperation

• The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary-General's Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority - Tor Wennesland: 

Focal point on the ground for UN support in all political and diplomatic efforts related to the peace process and for coordinating the activities of more than twenty UN agencies, funds and programmes on humanitarian and development assistance to a name-changed "Palestinian Authority" and falsely-claimed "Palestinian people".

• Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs' Division for Palestinian Rights: The Secretariat of CEIRPP  providing the following core functions:
• Organising meetings of CEIRPP and its Bureau at UN Headquarters;
• Monitoring political and other relevant developments;
• Organising programmes of international meetings, conferences and CEIRPP delegation visits;
• Implementing a publications programme;
• Developing and maintaining the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL) and managing CEIRPP's outreach efforts including via social media;
• Cooperating with civil society organizations active on the Palestinian issue;
• Organising the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Maurice Hirsh's recent article headlined "The UN is cancerous and should not be allowed in Israel" expresses Israel's increasing frustration with the UN.

Secretary-General Guterres' continuing failure to recognise the existence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution indicates he is apparently more concerned with preserving this UN Jew-hating behemoth than ending the 100 years-old Arab-Jewish conflict. 

Please join my Facebook Page: "Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine supporters" 

Author's note: The cartoon--commissioned exclusively for this article--is by Yaakov Kirschen aka "Dry Bones"--one of Israel's foremost political and social commentators--whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades.

UN will rue burying debate on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

The United Nations Security Council has lost any authority to broker an end to the Jewish-Arab conflict - after its July 26th Quarterly Open Debate: "The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question" proceeded for 5 hours without any speaker making reference to a new solution emanating from Saudi Arabia to resolve the 100 years-old conflict.  

That Saudi solution – the merger of Jordan, Gaza and part of the West Bank into one separate territorial entity to be called "The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine"- had been published on 8 June in Al Arabiya News.

The article was written by Ali Shihabi – a confidante of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman – Saudi Arabia's next King and driving force behind NEOM – a $500 billion megacity of the future to be erected in Saudi Arabia on an expanse of land the size of Israel. 

The Security Council's silence in commenting on this Saudi solution ever since its publication has been arrogant and breathtaking. 

This solution offers an alternative to the solution unsuccessfully pressed by the UN for the last 29 years: The creation of a new Arab State between Israel and Jordan. 

The Security Council had an obligation to notify UN member States of the emergence of this new solution since its last Quarterly Debate and encourage the members to consider its pros and cons as a replacement for the UN plan that was clearly dead in the water. 

The Security Council and its vast bureaucracy could certainly not claim ignorance of this Saudi proposal. 

I myself had written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres representative Stephane Dujarric on June 30th enclosing a copy of the Al Arabiya article - inviting the Secretary-General to comment on the solution for inclusion in an article I was writing. No reply was received - so my article was published on July 4

A reminder letter sent to Dujarric on July 19 for a comment to use in future articles met the same fate.  

The roll call of those speaking at the Security Council debate without mentioning the Saudi solution is mind-boggling:

• Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt): Lynn Hastings 
• The observer for the State of Palestine 
• Representatives of Israel, United States, China, Algeria Cuba, Malaysia, South Africa, Lebanon, Japan, Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Russian Federation, Albania ,Ghana, Gabon, Kenya, India, Norway, Mexico, Brazil, Iran, Morocco, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Pakistan, Türkiye, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Azerbaijan (speaking for the Non-Aligned Movement), Argentina, Republic of Korea.
• A representative of the European Union, in its capacity as observer 
• The Permanent Observers for the Holy See, the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
• The Vice Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

Representatives of the State of Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia – the parties most affected by the proposed Saudi solution - can be excused for not discussing the Saudi Plan - as they had been engaging in secret back-channel negotiations almost from the day the Saudi Plan was made public.  

By the time this Security Council debate was held, significant agreement had already been reached on acceptable starting points for those negotiations to continue. 

This debate marks one of the lowest points in United Nations history – one when it abdicated its obligation to prevent conflict and acted instead to ensure its perpetuation.

The Security Council's attempt to bury the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution rather than encourage its serious consideration - will fail. 

The Security Council has sown the seeds for its own demise.

Author's note: The cartoon--commissioned exclusively for this article--is by Yaakov Kirschen aka "Dry Bones"- one of Israel's foremost political and social commentators--whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades.