It was a ridiculous resolution seeing as it failed to include a call for the hostages to be released. It shows how biased the UN is against Israel if it can't include that small and reasonable demand.
US vetoes UN resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
The United States has once again blocked the adoption of a legally binding UN resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Robert Wood, the deputy US ambassador to the United Nations, vetoed the resolution in the Security Council on Wednesday. All other members of the 15-member body voted in favour.
The text was submitted by all 10 non-permanent members of the UN's most powerful body.
But after weeks of negotiations and changes at the request of the US, there was still disagreement.
The US, a staunch ally of Israel, had demanded unsuccessfully to have the ceasefire linked to the release of hostages still being held by Hamas militants in the Palestinian territory.
Wood defended the US position: "This resolution would have sent a dangerous message to Hamas: there's no need to come back to the negotiating table."
He said it was the Islamist group, not Israel, that was standing in the way of a solution to the conflict.
US vetoes UN resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
The United States has once again blocked the adoption of a legally binding UN resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Robert Wood, the deputy US ambassador to the United Nations, vetoed the resolution in the Security Council on Wednesday. All other members of the 15-member body voted in favour.
The text was submitted by all 10 non-permanent members of the UN's most powerful body.
But after weeks of negotiations and changes at the request of the US, there was still disagreement.
The US, a staunch ally of Israel, had demanded unsuccessfully to have the ceasefire linked to the release of hostages still being held by Hamas militants in the Palestinian territory.
Wood defended the US position: "This resolution would have sent a dangerous message to Hamas: there's no need to come back to the negotiating table."
He said it was the Islamist group, not Israel, that was standing in the way of a solution to the conflict.