LIVE: UN Security Council meets to discuss Lebanon pager explosions

The United Nations Security Council convenes to discuss the nearly simultaneous explosions of pagers used by hundreds of Hezbollah members in parts of Lebanon and Syria.
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[@Williamb612]

I think the Israeli people need to stand up against this regime

[@sandrapontius3500]

They’ve elected Netanyahu for 15 years.

[@陳先聲-w8m]

@@sandrapontius3500 Bibi only got 23% of votes in 2022 election.

[@franciscomarti9129]

they have been this way for like 2000 years

[@elizabethlacky6068]

Why, they're winning against coward terrorists

[@vangihatton8642]

​@franciscomarti9129 israel hasn't been around for 2000 years....established in 1948....and has been giving Palestians a continuing nakba since

[@allent208-kf4hv]

Get the US out of the UN!

[@jhinxed1]

UN and US are synonyms.

[@colleenpeck6347]

The US helped to bring it into existence. The head is in New York City.

[@sharingfamspace3156]

Yep they add no values those bullies

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

Just get rid of the veto rights. It'll go a long way in taking away the disproportionate powers of some of its members.

[@22joy]

@@colleenpeck6347 How generous of the US to host the UN-it's like letting your friend crash at your place while you still control the TV remote!

[@laupikkiong119]

Most of the members in UN is not qualified to talk about human right.

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

Most of them are decent enough. The ones that are least qualified are actually those that claim to be its staunchest defenders, like US and its allies.

[@IllyrianWarriorKing]

Like who???

[@xaviergirard3983]

Most of the people involved in this discussion studied international law. You're not qualified to google things before commenting.

[@zeinaazar9288]

Beautifully said Sierra Leone. Thank you

[@alaaalzubaidi2401]

The terrorists calling everyone terrorists 😂

[@DaveSmith-is6dc]

as you launch more rockets.

[@Cutthroat90]

Pretty much Israel’s ambassador said ‘we’re not gonna talk about the pagers, I’m gonna focus on how it’s Hez’s fault’. They can never address the point, deflection is the name of their game

[@savantleo]

always..

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

That and claiming victimhood.

[@Rvbcaboose714]

​​​@@ChrisAlbertH47 who tf raised you, Hamas?

[@Rvbcaboose714]

Why should they be talking about harming those who wish to harm them? The council should be talking about Hamas and Hezbollah not a democracy

[@stevenkatz9369]

Another country heard from. Okay, here is a pertinent excerpt from an article presented by lecturers at West Point, the USA military academy: "If the target comprises the persons to whom the pagers have been issued, and if they are classed as fighters in the NIAC, then again in principle the targeting of those individuals will be lawful (International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Manual on the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict, para. 1.1.2.)" Deal with it.

[@michaelharden1388]

Had one of these exploding devices been with a passenger who had boarded a 747 exploded would it have taken down the plane?

[@jhinxed1]

The whole operation was fully planned and choreographed or at least it seems that way. They knew exactly who and when they were targeting

[@xaviergirard3983]

​@@jhinxed1 not true. There's no way to simultaneously watch 3000+ targets to be sure they're in possession of the right device.

[@extrakatana]

You can "what if" all day long. Analysis paralysis.

[@xaviergirard3983]

@@extrakatana the UN called it a WarCrime.

[@yessum15]

​@@extrakatanaHe's not asking you to 'what it's all day long. He's asking you to consider a single legitimate risk of committing this crime.

[@blackcrusader-uy1jq]

Someone remind me: has the UNSC met to condemn Hezbollah for firing rockets and killing civillians?

[@khayyaamkhan6212]

The US Ambassador is not speaking on behalf of US citizens. He is representing his administration appartide policies!!!

[@vangihatton8642]

True, the citizens of USA has wanted Biden/Harris to demand a ceasefire and to stop sending weapons for months, the government are complicit

[@Rvbcaboose714]

We didn't think you could spell apartheid, since you don't know what it means either 🤣🤣

[@blackcrusader-uy1jq]

Bam! They re *d**ts who just regurgitate media nonsense.

[@saturnbat]

I feel he should run for president.

[@mayazon6659]

I don't really understand why the High Commissioner for Humam Rights allows himself to be used by Hezbolah. Provided they are not kosher, if there are any doubts at the various international organizations, then this is a very big RED flag. I hope that they do not receive any international funds and if so I would have the ASP books check now to see what they have done with those funds

[@xaviergirard3983]

This was literally against international laws. You want the un to give them a pass because you like them? A Warcrime is a Warcrime.

[@stardustxx07]

Most UN members are not qualified to talk about human rights. The UN should be completely restructured or abolished. Since the UN was founded, the organization has not managed to bring peace to a single country...and why don't these UN members even talk about Somalia or Sudan or East Africa, where 160,000 children have died so far, and that doesn't even include the adults...oh, I forgot...Israel isn't involved there!!!!!!!

[@xaviergirard3983]

The United Nations assists and protects 71.4 million people fleeing war, famine and persecution.

[@yessum15]

*_"ISRL isn't involved there."_* Well that's factually incorrect since ISRL is actually involved there. We should also note that ISRL is a likely a higher priority because they have been in violation of international law for far longer than any of these other places and is conducting higher liquidations of civilians per capita than any of these places. However, I do agree that the UN is ineffective. The primary reason for this is due to the US veto power which should be removed as they have been the worst wielders of said power among the few states granted it.

[@stardustxx07]

@@yessum15 Your answer is in parts wrong...In Sudan are involved Russia (through Wagner Group), Central African Republic, Chad, United Arab Emirates....not Israel On January 21, 2021, Sudan's Justice Minister Nasreddin Abdulbari and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin signed a document by which Sudan joins the Abraham Accords Declaration as a signatory state. US President Trump talks on the phone with Burhan, Hamdok and Netanyahu, October 23, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House. Unlike Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, Sudan played a major role in the war against Israel and had itself waged war with Israel. Sudan's armed forces joined the Arab-Israeli War in 1948 and the Six-Day War in 1967. The Sudanese capital Khartoum was the place where the Arab League announced the “three no’s” (or “three no-go’s”) in its Khartoum Resolution after the Six-Day War in 1967: NO peace with Israel NO recognition of Israel NO negotiations with Israel As you can see also this was a war against Israel and not started by them!...Maybe you have forgotten this little facts Also in Somalia Israel isn`t involved... The Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab is waging war against the government of Somalia. As you can see the Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab is responsible for the war in both countries... Also they have nothing to do with the Situation in East-Africa According to Save the Children, the consequences of climate change are already a life-threatening reality in East Africa: While parts of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are suffering from drought, areas in South Sudan are still under water due to prolonged and heavy rainfall at the same time. This is exacerbating the hunger crisis. Children under the age of five are particularly affected... you don't want to blame Israel for climate change... Furthermore Israel didn`t started any war in 75 years, since the state was proclaimed!

[@yessum15]

@@stardustxx07 Because most of your reply is nonsense I won't address it all. I'll simply point out a couple of factually incorrect points as representative of the rest of the nonsense. *_"ISRL did not start a single war."_* ISRL has started many, many wars. For example, no one denies that ISRL launched the Six Day War ('67) or the Sinai war ('56). Not even the US denies this. *_"ISRL is not involved in Sudan"_* I am Sudani. ISRL has been involved in Sudan for many years. They have armed several factions in Sudan and were party to a number of the developments that brought us to where we are today.

[@stardustxx07]

@@yessum15 fact 1...Why did Israel start the 6-day war? The immediate triggers of the war were the Egyptian closure of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping on May 22, the withdrawal of UNEF troops from Sinai forced by Egyptian President Nasser, and an Egyptian buildup of 1,000 tanks and almost 100,000 soldiers on Israel's borders...so it was actually self defense like any country has the right to defend itself in the face of a massive threat...you shouldn't leave out these details when you answer......and I don`t care if u are living in Sudan...I go with the facts and I don`t twist them just to blame Israel for something they didn`t done...I also don`t blame Unicef or Save the Children for their reports about the situation in Eas-Africa and call them nonsens...

[@mayazon6659]

why is money and time wasted on a terrorist organization that cannot handle losing. There are no important matters to discuss

[@BehindTheCurtain_Truth]

The demon colored his hair

[@DaveSmith-is6dc]

They are demons so don't mess with them. Stay away and mind your business.

[@BehindTheCurtain_Truth]

@@DaveSmith-is6dc keep drinking the demon blood

[@Rvbcaboose714]

📟🇮🇱💪📟🇮🇱💪📟🇮🇱💪 beep beep MFrs!

[@BehindTheCurtain_Truth]

@@Rvbcaboose714 You guys are actually proud of being in a sick disgusting villain tribe? Happy to be the demon, huh. Sick sick. The world sees you.

[@gnome944]

It's a shame the world focus on that issue and that alone. As if there are no more problems

[@mayazon6659]

It is also funny to see that the representative of Lebanon is sitting more and more diagonally as far as possible from the Islamic Republic of Iran

[@Wonkoification]

This Lebanon and Iranian Dude have be the best comedians in this show. Alltime star the russion guy.

[@mayazon6659]

You now wonder whether the representative of Lebanon is not a member of Hezbolah or is under pressure from Hezbolah. In addition, I hear agreement with Algeria's speech, hmmm, they would have been written by one and the same person. I say let us wait for that of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

[@عبدالباسطمعماری]

درودبرشما دوستان خوب

[@adriankoh4859]

Sure a child uses pagers. Like I'm gonna believe that

[@xaviergirard3983]

10 year old hears something buzzing, goes to see what it was because children are naturally curious, IDF blindly exploded a bomb in her face.

[@jimmychin9666]

All they ever do is to discuss the Palestinians conflict, and sweep it under the rug till it all blows over.

[@fatyghassem7123]

USA Uk and France should make one statement… it’s getting boring to listen to Uk and France. They are the main reason of the instability of the Middle East.

[@mayazon6659]

OOO of course China also has something to say, which is a joke. How are the Uighurs doing and where are they??? What about the points system, freedom of the press or honestly any form of freedom in China

[@user-iy9uh6qg1b]

UN membership all jokes shame on this UN

[@parati1309]

Algeria's rep is a gentleman.

[@Rvbcaboose714]

Nah he's a muppet

[@mohamedadam1735]

Isarel was established on terrorism. Just a little homework on the Irgun, Haggana e.t.c the backbone of the terrorist IDF. "Israel wrote the State Terrorism Handbook, and follows it to the letter"

[@Rvbcaboose714]

Source: trust me bro Reality: Israel offered peace, shockingly the Palestinians rejected it. Who would have thought, I know they seem so peaceful with their unlimited rockets and no food 🤣🤣

[@vangihatton8642]

Why did israel fund Hamas? Netanyahu stated that back in 2019.....asking for a friend

[@SebastianBux-f4p]

Why don't you tell us?

[@عبدالباسطمعماری]

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[@jhinxed1]

The way Israel targeted Hezbollah was something I had never expected. Lebanese people should stop supporting Hezbollah otherwise this war will go on forever and they will suffer the most.

[@thetailgunner777]

and people should also stop supporting Israel.

[@BehindTheCurtain_Truth]

You’ve been drinking the koolaide. It has nothing to do with hezbbollah- this was planned years ago. Wake up ppl

[@davehansen6112]

@@thetailgunner777 The only democracy in the Middle East, the country from whom the world receives its indices of civilization, and the suggestion is to stop supporting Israel? The alternative to support instead of Israel? The question to answer here is what kind of person or society would demonize Israel?

[@陳先聲-w8m]

Israeli ppl stopped supporting Bibi, why is he still doing what ever he wants to keep his regime?

[@davehansen6112]

@@thetailgunner777 What kind of person would suggest such an inane action as refusing to support the only democracy in the Middle East?

[@mayazon6659]

Oops oops oops Ysreal must withdraw from occupied Lebanon ???? which Lebonese cities is he talking about???

[@brianjohnson6053]

One rock pile looks the same as any other rock pile

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

If the UN is not capable of enforcing any kind of sanction, then it is up to each and every individual country to use their own foreign policies to sanction and punish Izrael. Plenty of options to choose from, freezing of diplomatic relations, halt of trade and the exchange of resources, halting of any kind of cooperation in various different fields, izraeli citizen ban on entry to these nations, etc

[@SebastianBux-f4p]

Nah, let's get rid of Islamicist terrorism instead.

[@brianjohnson6053]

The Israelis could care less about world public opinion. They answer to a higher power. Not the corrupt un.

[@user-iy9uh6qg1b]

UN membership all jokes shame on this UN