US blocks one-sided UN decision missing Hamas condemnation

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The U.S. rejected a United Nations Security Council decision calling for a right away ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, standing by Jerusalem. France, the U.Okay., Russia and China all supported the decision, which acquired 14 votes in favor and one vote in opposition to, which means it was not adopted by the council.

"It's inexplicable that many members of this council nonetheless refuse to acknowledge that Hamas might finish this battle tomorrow by surrendering and laying down its arms. It's unconscionable that the U.N. nonetheless has not labeled and sanctioned Hamas as a terrorist group," U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Dorothy Shea stated.

U.S. Ambassador Dorothy Camille Shea votes within the U.N. Safety Council, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, on the United Nations headquarters. (AP/Richard Drew)

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In her remarks, Shea additionally acknowledged that the Safety Council couldn't "reward Hamas’ intransigence" after the fear group rejected a number of ceasefire proposals.

Hamas was not condemned within the draft decision, which solely included a requirement that terror organizations in Gaza launch the remaining 58 hostages.

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon thanked the U.S. for voting in opposition to the decision.

"We thank the US for standing on the proper aspect. For standing on the aspect of reality, justice, and ethical readability. Thanks for refusing to desert the hostages and for refusing to legitimize the lies of this decision," Danon stated in a press release.

Israeli Everlasting Member to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks throughout a session of the Safety Council on the New York Metropolis headquarters. (Israel United Nations mission)

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U.Okay. Ambassador to the U.N. Barbara Woodward defended her nation’s determination to vote in favor of the decision, saying that "the insupportable state of affairs in Gaza wants to finish." She stated that the U.Okay. is "decided to see an finish to this battle," condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza and known as on the Jewish state to ease restrictions on humanitarian help.

Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust Anne Bayefsky slammed the decision and its "obscene equation between the hostages — who've been starved, tortured and executed over the previous 19 months — and Palestinian prisoners." Nevertheless, Bayefsky argued that the decision was not simply concerning the U.N. attacking Israel, it’s about members of the worldwide physique taking a swipe at President Donald Trump .

"Make no mistake, that is an assault on the US, and President Trump specifically, by the French and the British, who're making an attempt to make use of the United Nations to sideline and belittle the U.S.," Bayefsky informed Fox Information Digital.

Shea additionally had a warning for the world physique. "Partaking on this performative course of at a time when critical questions are being requested concerning the utility of the U.N., its funding and use of sources is shameful. This council shouldn't be used on this manner. This council should maintain itself to a better customary."

Delegates attend the UN Safety Council assembly on the present North Korean army escalation in Russia and Ukraine on the United Nations Headquarters on October 30, 2024, in New York Metropolis. (John Lamparski/Getty Pictures)

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Earlier on Wednesday, Danon issued a press release in opposition to the decision, saying it "undermines" humanitarian help efforts and "ignores the fact on the bottom."

"It ignores the one occasion nonetheless endangering civilians in Gaza: Hamas. The group that hijacks vans and stockpiles the help to their profit," Danon stated. "In case you care concerning the individuals of Gaza, then cease defending those that began this battle and proceed to delay it. In case you care about help, then assist guarantee it reaches civilians and never terrorists."