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Israel to refuse visas to UN officials after Guterres speech on Gaza war (www.aljazeera.com)
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[โ€“] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Your proposal has been considered, but vetoed by the US, just like the last time the UN has tried to sanction Israel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vetoed_United_Nations_Security_Council_resolutions

Sort by vetoing member and you'll see that over %75 of the US vetoes involve Israel.

[โ€“] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

It would have to happen on a country by country basis as the US will continue to veto it.