US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday backed by almost all other Security Council members and dozens of other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. Supporters called it a terrible day and warned of more civilian deaths and destruction as the war goes into its third month.
The vote in the 15-member council was 13-1, with the United Kingdom abstaining. The United States' isolated stand reflected a growing fracture between Washington and some of its closest allies over Israel's monthslong bombardment of Gaza. France and Japan were among those supporting the call for a cease-fire.
In a vain effort to press the Biden administration to drop its opposition to calling for a halt to the fighting, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey were all in Washington on Friday. But their meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken took place only after the U.N. vote.
Along with the vote, the Arab diplomats' mission served to shift responsibility more squarely onto the United States for protecting Israel from growing demands to stop the airstrikes that are killing thousands of Palestinian civilians.
"What is the message we are sending Palestinians if we cannot unite behind a call to halt the relentless bombardment of Gaza?바카라 게임 웹사이트 United Arab Emirates deputy ambassador Mohamed Abushaha asked after the vote. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Indeed, what is the message we are sending civilians across the world who may find themselves in similar situations?바카라 게임 웹사이트
U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood called the resolution 바카라 게임 웹사이트imbalanced바카라 게임 웹사이트 and criticized the council after the vote for its failure to condemn Hamas바카라 게임 웹사이트 Oct. 7 attack on Israel in which the militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, or to acknowledge Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트s right to defend itself. He declared that halting military action would allow Hamas to continue to rule Gaza and 바카라 게임 웹사이트only plant the seeds for the next war.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트Hamas has no desire to see a durable peace, to see a two-state solution,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Wood said before the vote. 바카라 게임 웹사이트For that reason, while the United States strongly supports a durable peace, in which both Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security, we do not support calls for an immediate cease-fire.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트s military campaign has killed more than 17,400 people in Gaza 바카라 게임 웹사이트 70% of them women and children 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and wounded more than 46,000, according to the Palestinian territory바카라 게임 웹사이트s Health Ministry, which says many others are trapped under rubble. The ministry does not differentiate between civilian and combatant deaths.
Abushahab, the UAE diplomat, said before the vote that the resolution, which his country sponsored, had garnered nearly 100 co-sponsors in less than 24 hours, a reflection of global support for efforts to end the war and save Palestinian lives.
After the vote, he expressed deep disappointment at the U.S. veto and warned that the Security Council is growing isolated and 바카라 게임 웹사이트appears untethered바카라 게임 웹사이트 from its mandate to ensure international peace and security.
Ambassador Nicolas De Rivière of France, a veto-wielding permanent council member who supported the resolution, lamented its lack of unity and pleaded 바카라 게임 웹사이트for a new, immediate and lasting humanitarian truce that should lead to a sustainable cease-fire.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Russia바카라 게임 웹사이트s deputy U.N. ambassador Dmitry Polyansky called the vote 바카라 게임 웹사이트one of the darkest days in the history of the Middle East" and accused the United States of issuing 바카라 게임 웹사이트a death sentence to thousands, if not tens of thousands more civilians in Palestine and Israel, including women and children.바카라 게임 웹사이트
He said 바카라 게임 웹사이트history will judge Washington바카라 게임 웹사이트s actions바카라 게임 웹사이트 in the face of what he called a 바카라 게임 웹사이트merciless Israeli bloodbath.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The council called the emergency meeting to hear from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who, for the first time, of the U.N. Charter, which enables a U.N. chief to raise threats he sees to international peace and security. He warned of an in Gaza and urged the council to demand a humanitarian cease-fire.
Guterres said he raised 바카라 게임 웹사이트 which hadn바카라 게임 웹사이트t been used at the U.N. since 1971 바카라 게임 웹사이트 because 바카라 게임 웹사이트there is a high risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian support system in Gaza.바카라 게임 웹사이트 The U.N. anticipates this would result in 바카라 게임 웹사이트a complete breakdown of public order and increased pressure for mass displacement into Egypt,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he warned.
Gaza is at 바카라 게임 웹사이트a breaking point,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said, and desperate people are at serious risk of starvation.
Guterres said Hamas바카라 게임 웹사이트 brutality against Israelis on Oct. 7 바카라 게임 웹사이트can never justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트While indiscriminate rocket fire by Hamas into Israel, and the use of civilians as human shields, are in contravention of the laws of war, such conduct does not absolve Israel of its own violations,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he stressed.
The U.N. chief detailed the 바카라 게임 웹사이트humanitarian nightmare바카라 게임 웹사이트 Gaza is facing, citing intense, widespread and ongoing Israeli attacks from air, land and sea that reportedly have hit 339 education facilities, 26 hospitals, 56 health care facilities, 88 mosques and three churches.
Over 60% of Gaza바카라 게임 웹사이트s housing has reportedly been destroyed or damaged, some 85% of the population has been forced from their homes, the health system is collapsing, and 바카라 게임 웹사이트nowhere in Gaza is safe,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Guterres said.
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, told the council that Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트s objective is 바카라 게임 웹사이트the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트the dispossession and forcible displacement of the Palestinian people.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트If you are against the destruction and displacement of the Palestinian people, you have to be in favor of an immediate cease-fire,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Mansour said. "When you refuse to call for a cease-fire, you are refusing to call for the only thing that can put an end to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.바카라 게임 웹사이트
After the vote, he called the U.S. veto 바카라 게임 웹사이트disastrous바카라 게임 웹사이트 and said it was 바카라 게임 웹사이트a terrible day for the Security Council.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트We reject this result, and we바카라 게임 웹사이트ll continue resorting to every legitimate avenue to stop these abhorrent atrocities,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Mansour said.
But Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant thanked the United States for its 바카라 게임 웹사이트bold leadership.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트A cease-fire is handing a prize to Hamas, dismissing the hostages held in Gaza, and signaling terror groups everywhere,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said in a statement. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Stand with Israel in our mission. We are fighting for our future, and we are fighting for the free world.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In Washington, Jordan바카라 게임 웹사이트s top diplomat told reporters that the killings of Palestinian civilians in Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트s bombardment and siege of Gaza were war crimes and threatened to destabilize the region, the U.S. and the world for years to come.
바카라 게임 웹사이트If people are not seeing it here, we are seeing it,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said, adding: 바카라 게임 웹사이트We바카라 게임 웹사이트re seeing the challenges that we are facing talking to our people. They are all saying we바카라 게임 웹사이트re doing nothing. Because despite all our efforts, Israel is continuing these massacres.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Amnesty International바카라 게임 웹사이트s Secretary General Agnès Callamard criticized the U.S. for continuing to transfer munitions to the Israeli government 바카라 게임 웹사이트that contribute to the decimation of entire families.바카라 게임 웹사이트
And Louis Charbonneau, U.N. director at Human Rights Watch, said that by providing weapons and diplomatic cover to Israel 바카라 게임 웹사이트as it commits atrocities, including collectively punishing the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza, the U.S. risks complicity in war crimes."