The US was alone on Friday in a 13-1 vote for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza so-called war
York – The U.S. was alone on Friday in a 13-1 vote for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza so-called war.
A resolution put forward at the United Nations Security Council by the United Arab Emirates was backed by ninety-seven countries. Only the United States disagreed with the call and used its veto.
Deputy Permanent Representative for the the U.S. to the UN Robert A. Woods (pictured) described the resolution as “dangerous,” and said he could not understand why the authors of the resolution could not include language condemning Hamas.
He said it was “a recipe for disaster for Israel, for Palestinians and for the entire region.”
Clearly he was the only one in the chamber thinking that as the voices of 97-countries plus the remaining Security Council members thought otherwise.
Israel, no doubt expecting the green light to extend its onslaught in Gaza began increasing the intensity of air strikes which have virtually destroyed the Gaza Strip.
The United Kingdom, forever siding with the United States abstained from the vote.
Ambassador Barbara Woodward cited the failure of the resolution to condemn the atrocities Hamas committed on innocent Israeli civilians on 7 October.
“Calling for a ceasefire ignores the fact that Hamas has committed acts of terror and is still holding civilians hostage,” she said.
So it seems that the wording of a resolution, that it does not condemn Hamas, thousands more Palestinians being condemned to die, and for the more than two-million Palestinian population to continue to be herded around by Israeli army warnings, only to be bombed when they arrive.
