The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The resolution, proposed by the United Arab Emirates, received support from thirteen members, with Britain abstaining. Washington and Israel opposed the ceasefire, believing it would benefit Hamas and proposed military truces instead.
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00:00 In a move that strengthened Washington diplomatically as it defends its ally, the US vetoed a UN
00:07 Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the conflict
00:10 between Israel and Palestinian militant organization Hamas in Gaza.
00:15 The United Arab Emirates had proposed a draft resolution, which was supported by 13 members,
00:19 while Britain abstained.
00:21 The vote followed a rare move on Wednesday by UN Secretary-General António Guterres
00:24 to formally alert the 15-member Council to the global threat posed by the two-month-long
00:28 war.
00:30 As the proposal failed, Mohammad Abu Shahab, US Deputy Ambassador to the UN, questioned
00:34 the Council, "What is the message we are sending to Palestinians if we cannot unite behind
00:38 a call to halt the relentless bombardment of Gaza?
00:41 A ceasefire is opposed by both Israel and the United States because they think it will
00:44 only help Hamas.
00:46 Instead, Washington is in favor of military truces that will shield civilians and permit
00:50 the release of hostages that Hamas has kidnapped during the lethal attack on Israel on October
00:55 7."
00:56 The draft resolution, according to the US Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Robert Wood,
00:59 is an "unbalanced document" that is "divorced from reality" and it will not move forward
01:04 a needle on the ground in any concrete way.
01:07 Although the United States strongly supports a durable peace process in which both Israel
01:11 and Palestinians can live in peace and security, the US does not support the resolution's
01:15 call for an unsustainable ceasefire that will only plant the seeds for the next war.
01:20 These were the words of Robert Wood in United Nations Security Council.
01:25 To secure the release of additional hostages and pressure Israel to protect civilians in
01:30 Gaza as it retaliates against Hamas, the United States preferred its diplomacy over actions
01:34 taken by the Security Council.
01:37 But there is a gap between Israel's intention to protect civilians and what has actually
01:40 occurred on the ground, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has also admitted on
01:44 Thursday.
01:46 According to Gaza's health ministry, over 17,480 people have perished.
01:51 Israel has begun a ground offensive, imposed a siege and bombardment of Gaza from the air.
01:55 Approximately 2.3 million people living in the Palestinian enclave have been forced to
01:59 flee their homes from most of the parts.
02:02 Citizens are not effectively protected, Qatar's has also earlier informed the council on Wednesday.
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