The United States vetoed the UN resolution, supported by the overwhelming majority of the Security Council, for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. To be approved, the UAE resolution on the immediate ceasefire required that there be no veto from any of the 5 permanent members of the Council, namely the USA, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom. Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, thanked US President Joe Biden for “standing firm” on Israel’s side. “A little light repels a lot of darkness,” he says in a statement, alluding to Hanukkah.
“It is shocking that while Hamas fires rockets at Gush Dan from population centers in southern Gaza, the United Nations is engaged in disjointed deliberation on a distorted resolution that is headed in the wrong direction and does not even condemn Hamas,” he explains. he. “A ceasefire – he emphasizes – is only possible with the return of all hostages and the destruction of Hamas”. “A ceasefire at this time would prevent the collapse of the terrorist organization Hamas, which commits war crimes and crimes against humanity, and would allow it to continue to govern the Gaza Strip”, continues the head of Israeli diplomacy, reiterating the Tel Aviv’s position. in not a ceasefire.
Source: IL Tempo
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