06/05/2025June 5, 2025
Palestinian UN ambassador looks to General Assembly after US vetoes UN Gaza ceasefire resolution
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour has said he will seek a General Assembly vote on a ceasefire resolution that failed to pass in the Security Council after a US veto late Wednesday.
The US argued the draft drew “false equivalency” between Israel and and claimed it would reward the group that sparked the current .
Acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea said the draft resolution would also undermine US-led peace negotiations.
Shea blasted the Security Council what she saw as “engaging in this performative process — at a time when serious questions are being asked about the utility of the UN, its funding, and use of resources — is shameful.”
Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon, berated the 14 Security Council members who voted in favor of the resolution, saying: “You chose appeasement and submission. You chose a road that does not lead to peace. Only to more terror.”
Pressure has been building on Israel and its largest supporter, the US, over the dire conditions in Gaza.
Over 54,000 people — many of them women and children — have been killed.
Israel has sparked outrage for in Gaza. Now Israel and the US have thrown their support behind a tasked with delivering aid after were forced out of the enclave by the Israeli government.
United Kingdom UN Ambassador Barbara Woodward described Israel’s intensifying military campaign and its clampdown on aid as, “unjustifiable, disproportionate and counterproductive.”
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