US Vetoes UN Resolution On Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

CNN reports:

The United States has vetoed a resolution at the United Nations calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an anticipated move that comes amid growing international clamor for Israel to pause its offensive against Hamas.  The US had already signaled its intention to veto the Algerian resolution, but has grown increasingly critical of Israel’s conduct in Gaza and on Monday proposed its own Security Council draft resolution calling for a “temporary ceasefire” in the conflict.

Attention will now turn to the progress of the American draft resolution, which falls short of the wishes of most other Security Council members but nonetheless highlights a hardening in the White House’s stance on the conflict. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the UN, told the Security Council the Algeria-proposed resolution would negatively impact sensitive negotiations ongoing in the region.

Read the full article. The UK abstained.

UPDATE: The United States vetoed the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the proposal could put sensitive negotiations in jeopardy. pic.twitter.com/DLZh3dMcBJ

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