The United States has confirmed to the United Nations that it is preparing its own Security Council resolution on the war in Gaza, in which it will call for the first time for a “ceasefire,” although it has indicated it will be “temporary.” and with conditions.
Specifically, this ceasefire will be called “if possible” and “based on the formula that all hostages (in the hands of Hamas) will be released,” said US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
With it, The US appears to want to mitigate in one way or another the impact of its third Security Council veto today of two resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.and systematically countered them with the main argument that these breaks would only strengthen Hamas.
In the resolution that Washington is preparing – and for which there is still no date for a vote – Thomas-Greenfield specified that it would include a condemnation of Hamas because “it is time for this Council to condemn Hamas.”
But he sent two messages that reflect Palestinians’ concerns: First, he rejected “any forced relocation of civilians in Gaza” and “there can be no reduction of Gaza’s territory,” as some voices inside Israel have argued. .
And about the offensive that Israel is currently preparing against Rafah, the last Gaza city that has not yet been attacked and where people are overcrowded. In a new wake-up call to his Hebrew partner, Thomas-Greenfield said that “under the current circumstances, no new large-scale armed attack should take place,” Thomas-Greenfield said.
In any case, the position of the United States has already been criticized today by Russia and China, the two major powers that also sit on the Security Council, and who today once again made it clear what consequences the US veto has for the region via the UN itself.
Russian Ambassador Vasili Nebenzia said that with this third veto introduced today “The United States continually demonstrates its disregard for international institutions, multilateral diplomacy and international legality,” and this “calls into question the authority of the UN Security Council.”
For his part, Chinese representative Zhang Jun said: “The American theory that the Council resolution (today) affects diplomatic efforts is completely unacceptable. Given the situation on the ground, the continued passivity regarding the ceasefire is no different.” “I give the green light for the massacre to continue,” he said, warning that this inaction only “leads the region into a larger war.”