Joe Biden’s Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, was in Israel this Friday before the United Nations Security Council voted on a US draft resolution that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
It is the first time that the United States has supported calls for an immediate ceasefire in the region, after having previously blocked, three timessuch requests to the United Nations.
Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the United States becomes more critical of Israel’s military campaign.
A United Nations-backed food security assessment said this week 1.1 million people in Gaza were fighting a catastrophic hunger and famine.
Antony Blinken upon his arrival in Israel. Photo: ReutersHamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people taking 253 others hostage.
Hamas says it more than 31,900 people died in Gaza since Israel launched its retaliatory offensive to eliminate the radical Palestinian group.
The vote in the Security Council
The United Nations Security Council will vote this Friday on a US-sponsored resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is “imperative” to protect civilians and allow humanitarian aid is delivered to more than 2 countries. millions of hungry Palestinians.
US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said: I was optimistic that the new motion for a resolutionstricter, will be approved by the 15-member council on Friday.
A Palestinian child stands next to cans of food during fasting on Friday in the middle of Ramadan, in Gaza. Photo: ReutersThe project put to the vote “determines” this It’s a council ordinance– “the imperative of an immediate and lasting ceasefire”, without any direct connection to the release of the hostages taken during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, something that was in the previous draft. But would unequivocally support diplomatic efforts “to ensure such ceasefire in connection with the release of all remaining hostages.”
Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky, said Moscow will not settle “for anything that does not require an immediate ceasefire,” and said this is what U.S. Secretary of State Antony is pushing for Blinken. what “everyone” wants. He questioned the wording of the draft and asked: “What is an imperative? I have an imperative to give you 100 dollars, but… it’s just an imperative, not 100 dollars.”
“So I think someone is playing with the international community,” the Russian envoy said.
The Security Council had already adopted two resolutions on the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, but no one called for a ceasefire.
Russia and China vetoed a US-sponsored resolution in late October he called for a pause in the fighting provide aid, protect civilians and stop the supply of weapons to Hamas. They said this did not reflect global calls for a ceasefire.
The United States, Israel’s closest ally, he vetoed three resolutions calling for a ceasefire; the most recent, an Arab-backed measure, supported by 13 council members and one abstention on February 20.
Nate Evans, spokesperson for the US mission to the United Nations who announced Friday morning’s vote, said: “This resolution is an opportunity for the Council to speak with one voice support the diplomacy taking place on the ground and put pressure on Hamas to accept the agreement on the table.”
Source: Clarin
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