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US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire (www.semafor.com)

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The U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Friday calling for a ceasefire to the fighting in Gaza.

The U.S. and Israel have opposed calls for a ceasefire, saying it would strengthen Hamas.

The vote was delayed for several hours over worries the U.S. would veto it. Diplomats from several Arab nations met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to try to convince the U.S. to abstain from voting.

As a permanent member of the council, the U.S. has veto power, and had signaled it planned to block the resolution. The U.K. abstained from the vote, while the 13 other members of the council voted for it.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't twist words to justify genocide and killing and crippling children. You're not killing Hamas. By IDF skewed and exaggerated numbers last week, they admit they "only killed 10000 civilians" and the rest was Hamas. The actual number and harm is more horrific and is terrorism 10 folds worse than what Hamas did on Oct-7 which condem yourself, but cheerish the acts that are 10 times worse?

Again, airstikes on refugee camps, schools, hospitals, places of worships, don't kill Hamas. The IDF are the most coward military who kill children with airstrikes instead of moving on the ground to reduce civilian causalities.