The US Has Single-Handedly Blocked A UN Resolution For A Permanent Ceasefire In Gaza For The 4th Time
The resolution had received overwhelming support from 14 of the 15 council members.
The US has vetoed another United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, marking the fourth time it blocked a ceasefire resolution to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
The resolution, which received overwhelming support from 14 of the 15 council members, demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, according to AP.
The resolution failed to pass on Wednesday, Nov. 20 as the US – which is a permanent member of the Security Council alongside China, France, Russia and the UK – vetoed it.
The US’ UN ambassador, Robert Wood, argued that the resolution implied that the hostages would be released after the ceasefire, saying that the hostage release should come first.
“We made it clear throughout negotiations, we could not support an unconditional ceasefire that failed to release the hostages,” Wood said.
After the resolution was rejected, Palestine’s UN ambassador, Majed Bamya, made an emotional statement condemning Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
“There is no right to mass killing of civilians. There is no right to starve an entire civilian population. There is no right to forcibly displace a people. And there is no right to annexation. This is what Israel is doing in Gaza,” Bamya said.
“Do they have a right to kill and the only right we have is the right to die?” He added.
Israel has killed more than 43,985 Palestinians, 70% of whom are women and children, and has been deliberately attacking civilians, destroying infrastructure and deploying starvation as a form of warfare, according to a recent report by the UN Committee Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices that found its methods are consistent with genocide.
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