Praising the bare minimum in terms of statements in support of Palestine has long been treated like a diplomatic breakthrough. BRICS’s New Delhi Declaration was no exception. Following the 18th  summit held in Delhi, BRICS referenced Palestine in its statement among many other political concerns and reiterated all the rhetoric largely associated with the UN. However, despite the trajectory from the 1947 UN Partition Plan to genocide in Gaza, the Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Ministry praised BRICS for its “positions and reaffirmations in support of the Palestinian cause.” In accordance with international law, of course, even though international law has not yet once been implemented to protect the colonised from the coloniser. 

According to WAFA news agency, the PA’s Foreign Ministry noted BRICS’s positions “as consistent with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, stressing the need to translate them into practical and concrete steps.” That call does not consider the UN acting against international law when it allowed Zionism to create its enterprise in Palestine. If the Partition Plan is........

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