{"id":26481,"date":"2023-12-09T02:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T02:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26481"},"modified":"2023-12-09T02:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T02:29:03","slug":"un-fails-to-win-support-for-israel-hamas-ceasefire-as-us-vetoes-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/world-news\/un-fails-to-win-support-for-israel-hamas-ceasefire-as-us-vetoes-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"UN fails to win support for Israel-Hamas ceasefire as US vetoes demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The United States has vetoed calls to demand an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n

United Nations states voted on a resolution to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza on Friday. The vote was supported by 13 of the 15 security council members.<\/p>\n

With the United Kingdom abstaining, it was Washington’s veto that meant the demand was blocked. It came as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had warned of a \u201chumanitarian catastrophe\u201d in Gaza.<\/p>\n

He argued Gaza is at a “breaking point”. Guterres said there was a serious threat of starvation and a risk of “mass displacement into Egypt”.<\/p>\n

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Arab diplomats made direct appeals for Joe Biden\u2019s administration to drop its opposition to a ceasefire. However the US criticised the vote for failing to condemn Hamas’s bloodshed in Israel.<\/p>\n

The group – which controls Gaza – launched a surprise attack on October 7. Since then tensions and fighting between Israel and the organisation have increased.<\/p>\n

UK ambassador to the UN Dame Barbara Woodward said Britain backs \u201cfurther and longer pauses\u201d to get aid to Palestinians and to allow the release of Israeli hostages. But she argued to the council that \u201cwe cannot vote in favour of a resolution which does not condemn the atrocities Hamas committed against innocent Israeli civilians\u201d in October.<\/p>\n

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