The ineffective UN Security Council recently approved a resolution calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip.
More than five weeks into the war, calls for a ceasefire for the sake of humanity have grown louder.
Historically, terms like “cessation of hostilities”, “de-escalation”, “pauses”, “safe zones” and truce have been used to halt fighting across the globe.
Regrettably, in international humanitarian law and organisations, such as the UN General Assembly and UN Security Council, there is no effective and binding provision or structure for “ceasefire”. Hence, the UN, like the International Criminal Court (ICC), is a toothless tiger, two-faced body and has done nothing to resolve conflicts.
For example, why is apartheid Israel allowed to relentlessly bomb civilian locations across the Gaza Strip and the…