During a United Nations Security Council meeting this week, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield launched a full-throated condemnation of Russiaā€™s bombing of Ukraineā€™s largest childrenā€™s hospital on Monday. The attack was a part of a Russian bombing campaign that killed more than 30 Ukrainian civilians.

ā€œWeā€™re here today because Russia ā€¦ attacked a childrenā€™s hospital,ā€ Thomas-Greenfield said. ā€œEven uttering that phrase sends a chill down my spine.ā€

Thomas-Greenfield went on to list a string of Russian attacks on other Ukrainian hospitals throughout the war. She described Russiaā€™s aggression as a ā€œcampaign of terrorā€ and labeled its attacks on civilian infrastructure as violations of international law. Representatives of other countries, such as the United Kingdom and France, echoed Thomas-Greenfieldā€™s denunciations. (Russiaā€™s ambassador denied responsibility for the Monday bombing.)

ā€œIā€™m very glad the U.S. is coming out and so vocally condemning all of those actions,ā€ said Jessica Peake, an international law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, referring to Thomas-Greenfieldā€™s comments toward Russia. ā€œBut at the same time, we donā€™t get any language anywhere near as strong as that when weā€™re talking about Palestinian hospitals, or Palestinian schools, or Palestinian children.ā€

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    6 months ago

    Why is this even in question? Palestinian hospitals, schools, and children are being bombed by American ordnance by a close ally and partner.

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      5 months ago

      And any attempts to draw comparisons to Ukraine are just Russian apologists.

      The US can be great at one global issue and shit at another.

      Ukraine: āœ…

      Israel: āŒ

      Simple as.