We are living in a morally inverted world.
Russia and China veto U.S. resolution calling for cease-fire in Gaza as Blinken visits Israel
By: CBS News, March 22, 2024:
Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution at the United Nations Security Council on Friday which would have declared “the imperative of an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war. Russia’s ambassador to the U.N., Vassily Nebenzia, said the draft language did not go far enough, and that the council must “demand” a cease-fire.
The vote came as Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Friday on the final stop in his sixth urgent trip to the region since the start of the war in October. He said he would share alternatives to Israel’s planned ground assault into the southern Gaza city of Rafah during talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s war cabinet.
“A major ground operation there would mean more civilian deaths, it would worsen the humanitarian crisis,” Blinken told journalists in Cairo on Thursday. “There is a better way to deal with the threat, the ongoing threat posed by Hamas.”
In a statement overnight, European Union leaders called “for an immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and the provision of humanitarian assistance.”
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Author: Pamela Geller
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