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11/20/2024November 20, 2024
US uses veto to block cease-fire resolution in UN Security Council
The US has blocked a legally binding resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, criticizing the initiative for not linking the cease-fire with the release of Israeli hostages.
“For us, it has to be a linkage between a cease-fire and the release of hostages,” said Robert Wood, the deputy US ambassador to the United Nations. “It has been our principle position from the beginning and it still remains.”
The draft tabled by 10 non-permanent members of the Security Council called for both an immediate cease-fire and “the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages” still held by Hamas. However, it did not link the two events.
The US was the only Security Council member to vote against the motion, with 14 others — including US allies the UK and France — voting in favor of it.
Meanwhile, Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon described the proposed resolution as “nothing short of betrayal.”
Israel has repeatedly accused the UN of treating it unfairly, with the ties notably deteriorating since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks which prompted Israel’s Gaza offensive.
dj/kb (AP, dpa, AFP, Reuters)
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