US vetoes UN resolution calling for humanitarian pause in Israel-Hamas war

The United States has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have condemned Hamas’ attack on Israel while calling for a pause in the fighting to allow humanitarian assistance into Gaza.
The US was the sole vote against the resolution on Wednesday, with 12 members voting in favour and Russia and the United Kingdom abstaining.
“We are on the ground doing the hard work of diplomacy,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council after the vote. “We believe we need to let that diplomacy play out.”
The Brazil-drafted text would have condemned violence against all civilians, but the US said that it did not do enough to underscore Israel’s right to self-defence. The US has typically exercised its Security Council veto to shield Israel from critical resolutions.

Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from the United Nations in New York.


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[kingslayer]

Right of self defense??? Killing children is NOT SELF DEFENSE.

[_Pence]

When will they realise they are the bad guys?

[travelwithme]

Why does a humanitarian aid needs to be voted. This should be an automatic intervention to any civilians.. This is really insane.

[isthereanyvacantname]

Brazil: civilians are suffering and dying. We need to help them.
US: no, Hamas is bad, Israel good.

[Roberto-vrod]

This lady forgot what slavery was and her ancestors what they went threw.amazing what job and money does. You can have the audacity to deny people in war food water absolutely disgusting.

[fiiianknight]

I'm a American and i feel ashamed that the United States lets this kind of genocide go on not only to the people of Palestine but so many other countries.

[wrbjdrt]

What are the human rights advocated by the United States? This is really ridiculous.😅

[vervetech]

Humanitarian aid isn't about Israel's right to their bloodlust (because at this stage it isn't about self defense but collective punishment).
Don't know who US is trying to fool but the world isn't stupid

[irischang]

Israel 's defense is to attack a hospital and it's not enough to ceasefire. They need more defense? It really makes me sick.

[prabhakararaoaravapalli]

We saw that US has vetoed the humanitarian aid for Wartorn Gaza ..
US stands for inhumanity ??

[sajjadkhankhan]

never seen such apathy against any other country except Palestine. All because West's vested interests in its strategic presence near Arab world through Israel.

[glenngilbert]

No surprises here - the country with the most ability to end the carnage on this and many other occasions - abuses its power to ensure its own interests are paramount.

[Spirited_Away]

"Isreal like any other nation*Has The Right To Self-defense* "
However the Palestinians don't have that for some reason...Why?

[skysea]

And that is how most countries start relationship with Russia and China even what happen in Ukraine

[osmanhassan]

Of course they are alone nobody will support the evil darkside

[mahboobmajeed]

Bro. I'm a calm guy this woman! 😡

[method]

Western media is totally ignoring this. Thank you Al Jazeera for showing the fuller picture.

[andreialino]

Shame on US!! 😢 I can not believe that!! My family and I are very sad...crying ..for Palestines
Praying for you my brothers 🙏🙏
Hugs from Brazil 🇧🇷 free Palestine

[ms_humble]

The veto only applies to votes that come before the United Nations Security Council, so the United Nations General Assembly is unaffected. The UN should take the resolution for humanitarian to be passed in the General Assembly where U.S. can not veto. It's really disturbing USA wants to starve innocents people.

[TheSapphire]

This is not self defence. It is a massacre and she should know that.