U.N. Secretary General calls
for immediate Gaza ceasefire
as civilian death toll increases
CNBC,
by
Emma Newburger
Original Article
Posted By: Ida Lou Pino,
5/17/2021 9:32:00 AM
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called the violent conflict between Israel and Gaza militants “utterly appalling” and urged for an immediate ceasefire, as the worst outbreak of fighting in years stretches into seven days and takes a heavy toll on civilians. “This latest round of violence only perpetuates the cycles of death, destruction and despair, and pushes farther to the horizon any hopes of coexistence and peace,” Guterres said during a U.N. Security Council meeting.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
HotRod 5/17/2021 9:37:00 AM (No. 788161)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for Israel to stop defending itself!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Nimby 5/17/2021 9:41:47 AM (No. 788169)
While he has nothing to say about the US Southern border invasion
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Kate318 5/17/2021 9:48:13 AM (No. 788177)
All of this pressure for Israel to back down is for one reason and one reason only: to buy more time for Hamas to re-arm. Stay strong, Israel.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Cat Ballou 5/17/2021 9:49:31 AM (No. 788178)
Who fired the 1st volley this time? Same side that always fires the 1st volley.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
red1066 5/17/2021 9:56:08 AM (No. 788187)
He must be receiving intel that tells him Hamas is getting their arse kicked.
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My, my isn’t he just so, so special!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
dst4life 5/17/2021 10:12:29 AM (No. 788220)
Wow! I'm sure Hamas is shaking in their boots with this pronouncement.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
marbles 5/17/2021 10:12:47 AM (No. 788222)
Israel is winning, can't have that. The Jews are beating the cr*p out of the arabs. Time for a " ceasefire".
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Safari Man 5/17/2021 10:16:33 AM (No. 788232)
Should have asked the Palestinians to cease fire *before* they brought this on themselves.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
gramma b 5/17/2021 10:17:24 AM (No. 788234)
The UN takes no interest until Israel starts fighting back.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Italiano 5/17/2021 10:19:58 AM (No. 788238)
Tony, I'm betting that Bibi has your "cease fire" right here....
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
anniebc 5/17/2021 10:23:32 AM (No. 788243)
Guterres calls for end of the deaths of all those militants Palestinians.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 5/17/2021 10:32:23 AM (No. 788259)
"Civilian death toll"? As opposed to the uniformed military deaths in Gaza? LOL! What a joke.
All these terrorists are civilians. A high "civilian death toll" is a good thing, it means that they are killing terrorists. "Civilian" does NOT mean 'innocent' in Gaza. Nothing of the kind.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/17/2021 10:40:21 AM (No. 788272)
Nah. We don't want a cease fire. If Hamas wanted a cease fire, they should not have fired 3,000 missiles at Israel. Hamas will only cease fire, when they are out of missiles, and need to re-arm. We should drop UN and Palestinian funding, and pay our debts.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
paral04 5/17/2021 11:29:34 AM (No. 788352)
Where was this guy when Palestine launched their first shot?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
cold porridge 5/17/2021 11:42:38 AM (No. 788368)
Big deal. The UN Secretary General has no power to demand anything. Shove it.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Italiano 5/17/2021 11:44:22 AM (No. 788372)
Years ago, we had a cockroach problem in our kitchen. We wiped them out. Problem solved.
There was no "cease fire" involved.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX 5/17/2021 11:54:01 AM (No. 788384)
And Israel should politely flip him off.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
janjan 5/17/2021 12:06:46 PM (No. 788396)
I don’t think anyone’s listening. He doesn’t need to waste his breath telling Israel to stop defending themselves.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
leonardo 5/17/2021 1:07:02 PM (No. 788436)
There would be no violent conflict if the attacks against Israel would stop.
If Hamas drops their weapons there will be peace.
If ISRAEL drops their weapons there will be a massacre.
What a bright boy Guterres is - perfect for the UN.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/17/2021 2:16:06 PM (No. 788482)
What is utterly appalling? Hamas acts of terrorism or Israel defending itself?
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And I call for immediate expulsion of UN headquarters out of NYC and the US.
Not United Nations, it's the United Mud Hut Nations.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/17/2021 2:24:24 PM (No. 788498)
Hey UN Sec Gen...Put your Arse where your big mouth is...GO TO Gaza and be a BODY SHIELD...See Ya!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Luke21 5/17/2021 2:43:19 PM (No. 788515)
Reminds me of the Carter and Obama years, when Israel was on their own. Hopefully they will avoid errors like Gush Katif.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 5/17/2021 3:30:38 PM (No. 788557)
Antonio Guterres is such a wussy!
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
BarryNo 5/17/2021 4:49:01 PM (No. 788637)
Hamasaki started it.
Israel will finish them, first.
Then, there will be a ceasefire.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
hisself 5/17/2021 4:53:42 PM (No. 788640)
Who?
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
XCenturion 5/17/2021 7:59:11 PM (No. 788782)
Hamas intimated this violence by firing hundreds of rockets into Israel with the intent of killing as many Israeli's as possible. Israel rightfully defended itself with retaliatory strikes in the Gaza Strip. There's a simple solution to the problem. Flatten Gaza until the only creatures that survive are sand fleas and dust mites.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 5/17/2021 11:47:33 PM (No. 788934)
Why? - because Israel is winning. They did not start the conflict - why be 1st to stop fighting. The UN is a joke. If you are fighting a war, you fight to win, not be a liberal who wants to shake hands and call it a day.
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Wow! Antonio Guterres lays down the law! This can only mean one thing - - Peace For Our Time.