Russia, China Veto US Bid On Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ At Security Council

The UN Security Council votes on a motion for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal vote at UN headquarters in New York, on March 22, 2024. Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, joining Arab countries in saying it did not pressure Israel, with Moscow accusing Washington of a “hypocritical spectacle.

The resolution will “ensure the impunity of Israel, whose crimes are not even assessed in the draft.”The draft had stopped short of explicitly demanding that Israel immediately end its campaign in Gaza. In the delicate language of Security Council resolutions, the draft “determines” the “imperative” of an “immediate and sustained” ceasefire.

On a visit to Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia and China “cynically vetoed” a resolution that had “strong support.” Israel’s UN ambassador, Gilad Erdan, said the vetoes of the US resolution meant that “terrorists can continue benefitting from this Council.”Russia, China and Algeria in turn said that a resolution should stop Israel from a threatened offensive in the city of Rafah, where more than one million Palestinians have sheltered.

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