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<ul class="summary-list"><li>It's "shocking" that Israel seemed to miss signs of Hamas' attacks, Ret. Lt. Col Alexander Vindman said.</li><li>Vindman said such an attack would have needed extensive preparations in Gaza.</li></ul>Israeli intelligence appears to have missed the signs of the "enormous amount of preparation" required for Hamas' string of attacks at the Gaza Strip border, Ret. Lt Col. Alexander Vindman said.Speaking on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.msnbc.com/american-voices/watch/retired-lieutenant-colonel-weighs-in-on-intelligence-failure-in-israel-194666565731">MSBNC's "American Voices with Alicia Menendez"</a> on Sunday, Vindman said Israel would have to seriously reflect and reassess its intelligence operations if that were the case.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-hamas-2023-10">Hamas</a> launched a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-formally-declares-war-on-hamas-seeks-full-control-gaza-2023-10?_gl=1*lk91qc*_ga*NjA2OTAyMzI4LjE2NTUwODIyODk.*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTY5Njg0MTUyNC4xMDU4LjEuMTY5Njg0MTkxOC42MC4wLjA.">series of surprise incursions and rocket attacks </a>along the Gaza border on Saturday, killing what Israeli authorities estimated so far to be 700 people and wounding another 1,500.Plans for such a widespread attack would have required financial transactions, troop movements, and increased communications — indicators of an attack that Israel could have picked up on, Vindman said."The fact that they missed this is kind of shocking," said Vindman, who served as Director for European Affairs in the US National Security Council from July 2018 to February 2020."Yes, the Gaza is kind of referred to as kind of an open-air prison, it's very isolated, very insular, and it's difficult for, really frankly, Israel or any country to get an insight on what's going on," Vindman admitted."But something this complex required an enormous amount of preparation," Vindman said. "Almost certainly it required external resources, those resources are going to come from allies, including places like Iran. That was missed."And Hamas would have displayed "fine-tuning indicators" in the days and hours before the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-is-hamas-attack-on-israel-like-911-in-america-2023-10">attack</a>, moving troops and increasing communications ahead of the assault, Vindman said."All of that was missed," he said.Israel would have to conduct a "major diagnosis" of its intelligence capabilities, Vindman added.The retired lieutenant colonel, who served in the US Army, suggested that Israel might have been "deeply distracted" by recent internal politics and protecting settler programs in the West Bank.If Hamas' operations in Gaza were indeed overlooked, it could "point to a national failure by the political leadership" under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Vindman said."That is something that Netanyahu is going to have to contend with, answer for, and may not be able to survive if that proves out to be true," he added.Mossad and Shin Bet, Israel's foreign and domestic intelligence services, are widely considered some of the world's most elite intelligence agencies.Martin Indyk, a former US ambassador to Israel, told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-07/surprise-hamas-attack-prompts-blame-around-israeli-intelligence">Bloomberg</a> that he found it "shocking" that neither Israel nor the US detected the incoming attacks beforehand."Failure to prepare. Failure to have troops along the border, failure of the fence along the border that they paid millions of shekels for," he told the outlet.When asked by Bloomberg about potential gaps in Israeli intelligence, Israeli Defense Forces spokesman Richard Hecht said: "I know there are a lot of questions about the intelligence. Please stop asking. Right now we're fighting. I'm sure there will be a lot of discussions about the intelligence down the road."The IDF did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.

Israel has to think long and hard how it got completely blindsided by Hamas' surprise attacks, says former US National Security Council official

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Russia was the president of the UN Security Council when it invaded Ukraine last February. </li><li>It's now assumed that role again, despite protests from Ukraine. </li></ul>Russia is once again the head of the UN Security Council, a body tasked with ensuring international peace.The last time that Russia held the position of president — in February 2022 — it invaded Ukraine, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65146557">the BBC noted</a>.The UN Security Council is made up of 15 members, 10 of which are voted in for two-year stints. The other five are permanent members and have veto power. They are the United States, France, the UK, China, and Russia.The 15 members rotate the presidency every month. The president of the Security Council is considered the face of the body and represents it in front of the larger United Nations.While Ukraine protested Russia's term as president, as a permanent member, there is little any of the other members can do. Russia's term as Security Council president comes less than two weeks after the International Criminal Court (ICC) <a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">issued a warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin's arrest</a>. The court accused Putin of war crimes, alleging that Putin had ordered the abduction of children in occupied parts of Ukraine, and sent them to Russia.Several countries have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ireland-germany-increasing-number-countries-that-would-arrest-putin-2023-3">said they would arrest Putin</a> given the opportunity. Ukraine's presidential adviser, Mykhaylo Podolyak, called Russia's presidency of the Security Council another "rape of international law.""An entity that wages an aggressive war, violates the norms of humanitarian and criminal law, destroys the UN Charter, neglects nuclear safety, can't head the world's key security body," Podolyak wrote in a tweet.

Russia is again the president of the UN Security Council. Last time Russia held the position it invaded Ukraine.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Russia's ambassador to the UN broke a minute of silence honoring victims of the Ukraine war.</li><li>Nebenzya said the council should honor "all victims of what happened in Ukraine, starting in 2014."</li></ul>Russia's ambassador to the United Nations repeatedly tapped his microphone and interrupted a minute of silence for "victims of aggression" in the Ukraine war in a tense moment on Friday. Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba addressed members of the UN Security Council in New York, asking them to stand and observe a minute of silence for those who had died on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1629250655356592128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Video shows </a>members standing in silence when Vasily Nebenzya requested to make a statement, and representatives sat down again to listen.Nebenzya emphasized that the council should honor "all victims of what happened in Ukraine, starting in 2014.""All of those who perished, all lives are priceless," he said.At the end of his statement, Nebenzya stood again, and he appeared to gesture for others to do the same — but the other representatives awkwardly remained seated until Nebenzya was thanked for his statement. The rest of the members eventually stood once again, and the minute resumed, showing that even a moment meant to honor the dead presented possibilities for conflict. Nebenzya's mention of 2014 is likely referring to Russians who died during the country's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/crimea-shaping-up-to-be-battleground-that-will-decide-russia-ukraine-war-2023-1">invasion and illegal annexation</a> of Crimea. This comes a day after the UN General Assembly voted that Russia should withdraw its troops immediately from the country. 141 members voted in support, while seven voted against and 32 abstained, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-politics-china-united-nations-6965d19c953c2f6e45f483c1dfe04a7f">according to</a> the Associated Press. Kuleba said on Thursday the overwhelming majority of the country's voting in favor of the resolution shows the widespread international support of the country. "This vote defies the argument that the global south does not stand on Ukraine's side. Many countries representing Latin America, Africa, Asia voted in favor," he said.

Tense moment as Russia's UN ambassador interrupted a minute of silence for victims of Ukraine war at Security Council

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Zelenskyy on Saturday sharply criticized Russia's monthlong chairmanship of the UN Security Council.</li><li>"It is hard to imagine something evident that proves the complete bankruptcy of such institutions," he said.</li></ul>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday sharply criticized Russia's chairmanship of the United Nations Security Council as "absurd and destructive" and said that the development highlighted "the complete bankruptcy of international institutions."Russia is a permanent member of the council, composed of 15 total members; they each assume the council's presidency on a rotating schedule for a month at a time. Zelenskyy decried the move as Russia is slated to preside over an upcoming council meeting Monday for the first time since it launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022."Unfortunately, we ... have news that is obviously absurd and destructive," Zelenskyy said during an address on Saturday. "Today, the terrorist state began to chair the UN Security Council." "Yesterday, the Russian army killed another Ukrainian child — a five-month-old boy named Danylo. And at the same time, Russia chairs the UN Security Council. It is hard to imagine something evident that proves the complete bankruptcy of such institutions," he continued.The council is responsible for sustaining international peace and security, and Russia helming the body as its leaders in Moscow continue to launch aggressive attacks on Ukraine is a source of frustration for Zelenskyy's government.As a permanent member, Russia has veto power on council resolutions. The other four permanent members include the United States, the United Kingdom, China, and France, who also wield veto power on the council.Zelenskyy last year called on the council to either take decisive action for peace after Russia's invasion of Ukraine or "dissolve yourselves altogether.""Are you ready to close the United Nations? Do you think that the time for international law is gone?" he asked at the time. "We are dealing with a state that is turning the veto of the United Nations Security Council into the right to die."Russia presiding over the council comes after the International Criminal Court in March <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/icc-cements-putin-pariah-arrest-warrant-russia-war-crimes-ukraine-2023-3">issued</a> an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes. Putin has been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/18/how-ukraine-kidnapped-children-led-to-vladimir-putins-arrest-warrant-russia">accused</a> by the court of abducting Ukrainian children and sending them to Russia.Zelenskyy on Saturday pressed for reforms on the council that would block Russia from having an ability to lead the body."There is no such form of terror that has not yet been committed by Russia," he said. "And there will be no such reason that will stop the reform of global institutions, in particular, the UN Security Council. The reform that is clearly overdue — so that a terrorist state and any other state that wants to be a terrorist cannot disrupt the peace."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasts Russia's chairmanship of the UN Security Council as 'absurd' and says it shows 'the complete bankruptcy of such institutions'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11631702" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="zelenskyy" source="Orion">Zelenskyy</keyword> called for the <keyword id="11896449" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="united-nations" source="Orion">United Nations</keyword> Security Council to remove <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> or "dissolve" itself.</li><li>"We must do everything in our power to pass on to the next generation an effective UN," he said.</li></ul>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy railed against the United Nations' ineffectiveness to stop Russia's ongoing war in a speech to the Security Council on Tuesday. Zelenskyy told the UN Security Council (UNSC) that he sees two options for the group following the discovery of mass civilian killings in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha: punish Russia or dissolve itself.The Ukrainian leader urged the UNSC to remove Russia, which is a permanent member of the council, "as an aggressor and a source of war so it cannot block decisions about its own aggression."Or, he said, the UN's security body can "dissolve" and reform entirely. "If there is no alternative and no option, then the next option would be dissolve yourself altogether," Zelenskyy said.Zelenskyy spoke to the council days after hundreds of Ukrainian civilians were found killed in Bucha after Russian forces retreated from the Kyiv region. Many corpses were found in partially excavated mass graves while others were found lying in the streets, according to media reports.Zelenskyy used his speech on Tuesday to call for a reform of the world's security system.In order to help guarantee peace moving forward, Zelenskyy said, "We must do everything in our power to pass on to the next generation an effective UN with the ability to respond preventively to security challenges."Russia is one of five permanent members on the UNSC, joined by the four other victors of World War II — the US, UK, China, and France. All of the permanent members have veto power. Shortly after launching its full-scale invasion of <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> in late February, Russia vetoed a resolution condemning its unprovoked war and calling for the immediate removal of its troops.Experts have said Russia's disregard for <keyword id="6356001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="international" source="Orion">international</keyword> norms has threatened to crumble the global system that was built post-World War II and designed to prevent future conflicts. Zelenskyy echoed these sentiments in his impassioned remarks to the UNSC on Tuesday."We're dealing with a state that's turning the veto [of] the UN Security Council into the right to die. This undermines the whole architecture of global security and allows them to go unpunished," Zelenskyy said. "They're destroying everything that they can."Zelenskyy accused the UN of effectively ignoring past instances of Russian aggression, including the 2008 invasion of Georgia and 2014 annexation of Crimea.The Ukrainian president said Russia's actions in Ukraine were "no different" from atrocities committed by terror groups like ISIS, showing the UNSC harrowing footage of dead Ukrainians. The video ended with the word "Stop Russian Aggression." Zelenskyy said if Russia is able to continue its aggression in Ukraine unchecked then it will signal to countries that they must rely "only on the power their own arms to ensure their security and not on international law.""Are you ready to close the UN? Do you think that the time of international law is gone? If your answer is no, then you need to act immediately...The UN system must be reformed immediately," Zelenskyy went on to say.

Zelenskyy tells the United Nations Security Council to punish Russia or 'dissolve yourself altogether'

As Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an attack on <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>, his ambassador to the <keyword id="11896449" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="united-nations" source="Orion">United Nations</keyword> was in charge of the UN Security Council meeting late Wednesday night. As the Security Council discussed ways to avoid a war, Russian President Vladimir Putin <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-announces-military-assault-against-ukraine-in-surprise-speech-2022-2">announced a military offensive</a> against Ukraine in a video that aired early on Thursday morning in <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>.Russian envoy Vassily Nebenzia faced off with Ukraine's UN ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, in a tense exchange amid the emergency meeting in New York. "It was about 48 minutes ago your president declared the war on Ukraine," Kyslytsya said to Nebenzia. "So now I would like to ask the ambassador of the Russian federation to say on the record that at this very moment your troops do not shell and bomb Ukrainian cities, that your troops do not move into territory of Ukraine.Kyslytsya demanded Nebenzia call Russian leaders to confirm an attack wasn't taking place amid reports by Ukrainian authorities and media outlets that explosions were heard outside numerous cities.Kyslytsya added that Nebenzia should give up control of the Security Council, and pass the responsibility on to a "legitimate member of the security council, a member that is respectful of the charter." Nebenzia allowed other diplomats from members of the council, including the US, UK, Germany, and France, to comment. All denounced Russia's actions.Ukraine's representative later ripped into the Russian diplomat, warning him that war criminals <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-rips-russia-un-war-criminals-go-straight-to-hell-2022-2">"go straight to hell."</a> Nebenzia then adjourned the meeting.Nebenzia's tenure as Security Council president is a <a href="https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/presidency">one-month stint</a> that ends in March when the United Arab Emirates will take over. The presidency of the council rotates between nations.

Russia's diplomat was in charge of the UN Security Council meeting as Putin announced an invasion of Ukraine

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>'s president said the <keyword id="11896731" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="un-security-council" source="Orion">UN Security Council</keyword> is "unable to carry out the functions for which it was created."</li><li>He said this was because <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> remained a member of the council.</li></ul>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued his attacks on the <keyword id="11896449" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="united-nations" source="Orion">United Nations</keyword> Security Council, saying it is "unable" to function as long as Russia remains a member.Zelenskyy said in a <a href="https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zaraz-kiyiv-ce-stolicya-globalnoyi-demokratiyi-stolicya-boro-74129">Tuesday night speech</a>: "The <keyword id="11893452" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="un" source="Orion">UN</keyword> Security Council exists, and security in the world doesn't. For anyone.""This definitely means that the United Nations is currently unable to carry out the functions for which it was created."And only one state is to blame for this — Russia, which discredits the UN and all other international institutions where it still participates. Well, not exactly participates ... Tries to block everything constructive and use global architecture in order to spread lies and justify the evil it does."Russia is one of the five permanent members of the security council and has veto power.The remarks came hours after Zelenskyy gave a fiery speech to the UN Security Council itself.He called on the council to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zelenskyy-tells-united-nations-dissolve-punish-russia-war-2022-4">remove Russia as a permanent member</a>, adding: "If there is no alternative and no option, then the next option would be dissolve yourself altogether."He also said that Russia's actions in Ukraine were "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zelenskyy-says-russia-is-no-different-than-isis-as-he-bashes-the-un-2022-4?r=US&amp;IR=T">no different from other terrorists</a>" like ISIS, but said that "here it is done by a member of the United Nations Security Council."He said then that the UN's mission had failed if Russia was able to invade."So where is the peace that the UN was created to guarantee? It is obvious that the key institution of the world, which must ensure the coercion of any aggressors to peace, simply cannot work effectively," he said.

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