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I don't see hypocrisy. I see a nation at war, who doesn't give a fuck about their terrorist enemies. The same as you and I would not give a fuck about whatever our nations did to a nation that hit us.The usefulness/uselessness of a body that has no real power to punish the powerful is a separate issue from the hypocrisy on display by Israel and its supporters.
I don't disagree that in practice, the UN is a joke because the powerful nations only care about these international organizations and rules when they're in their favor, or when they're trying to drum up the appearance of support to do something that they want. There's not a whole lot the UN can do if their most powerful member just decides they don't want to listen.
But the criticism here isn't about the UN's ineffectiveness, it's about the hypocrisy of Israel and its supporters. If you're the "children of the light", and are promoting democracy and the rule of law and order, and you're proclaiming to be the good guy, you don't get to turn that off when the situation gets inconvenient. If Israel's position was "We don't care about these rules. We have terrorists at our door, and we're going to do whatever we feel necessary to protect Israel", then at least that's an honest position. But they're not saying that first sentence.
So while the reality may be that they're going to do whatever they want and no one is likely going to hold them accountable, that doesn't mean the rest of the world has to pretend like they're not blatantly lying about it.
Of course there's gonna be some lip service by the officials, but who cares? What does it matter? These "gotcha" scenarios don't matter to a nation at war. It's pointless psychobabble. You caught them lying about their intentions. Wow, you caught them. Okay, now what? Does Israel have to feel real bad about kicking the fuck out of their enemies? No, they don't. The only thing they're concerned about is eradicating their enemies, so their people are safe. They're not Palestinian babysitters.