US Stands Alone in Vetoing Gaza Ceasefire Resolution at UN Security Council for Fourth Time

By Democracy Now

HAVANA TIMES – At the UN Security Council in New York, the U.S. on Wednesday vetoed its fourth ceasefire resolution since Israel began its war on Gaza over 13 months ago. The 14 other members of the Security Council voted in favor. China’s UN Ambassador Fu Cong slammed the U.S. veto.

Fu Cong: “The US’s long use of the veto has dashed the hopes of the people of Gaza for survival, pushing them further into darkness and desperation. I said during the council’s debate on Monday that every moment will be recorded in history and will be judged by history.”

Palestine’s deputy UN envoy Majed Bamya also addressed the Security Council, condemning the US veto, for which he said there is “no justification.”

Majed Bamya: “There is no right to mass killing of civilians. There is no right to starve an entire civilian population. There is no right to forcibly displace a people. And there is no right to annexation. This is what Israel is doing in Gaza. These are its war objectives. This is what the absence of a ceasefire is allowing it to continue doing.”

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