The United States today vetoed at the UN Security Council a draft resolution submitted by Algeria calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The proposal was therefore rejected. Britain abstained, while the other 13 members of the Security Council, including France, voted in favor. This is the third time since the start of the war that the United States has vetoed a ceasefire request addressed to the conflicting parties – in fact, mainly to Israel. For the White House, the consideration that a definitive cessation of fighting would give Hamas the opportunity to raise its head and reorganize itself and would thus compromise the achievement of the military objectives that Israel set for itself by launching the operation in response to the attacks of October 7. . Although today the United States also publicly gave another justification for its choice: approving this resolution today would have meant “undermining the ongoing delicate negotiations” between Israel and Hamas, which currently represent “the only path towards lasting peace in the region,” said the American ambassador. at the UN Linda Thomas Greenfield.
Alternative resolution sought
After the vote, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed this position, but at the same time reiterated the invitation to Israel to refrain from expanding the offensive on Rafah without a plan guaranteeing the security of Palestinian civilians. “It would be a disaster,” Kirby reiterated. An intolerance of the White House towards the obstinacy of the Netanyahu government which is reflected in these hours at the Glass Palace in the work aimed at presenting an alternative resolution proposal capable of getting everyone to agree: according to the American media in the project which circulated among other United States. delegations, the request to achieve a ceasefire “as soon as possible” is mentioned. This would be the first time that the United States has agreed to introduce the request for a “ceasefire”, even if conditional, in an official UN document.
South Africa's attack on Israel
For South Africa, Israel applies an even more extreme version of apartheid to the Palestinians than before 1994. Words from Vusimuzi Madonsela, the South African Ambassador for Africa in the Netherlands, where the Court is based International Justice. “We South Africans deeply perceive, see, hear and feel the inhumane and discriminatory policies and practices of the Israeli regime as an even more extreme form of institutionalized apartheid against black people in my country,” Madonsela said. Meanwhile, according to the pan-Arab al Hadath channel, Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas' political bureau in exile, arrived in Cairo to discuss with Egyptian leaders a ceasefire agreement with Israel and the exchange hostages and prisoners. Also present was an Israeli delegation, which landed with a Hawker Beechcraft 400XP and was received at Cairo airport by senior Egyptian intelligence officials.
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