The majority of the council has long supported an immediate ceasefire so all eyes will be on Israel’s ally, the United States.

The US representative at the UN, Robert Wood, has said that they wouldn’t support an immediate ceasefire.

“While the United States strongly supports a durable peace, in which both Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security, we do not support calls for an immediate ceasefire.”

“This would only plant the seeds for the next war because Hamas has no desire to see a durable peace,” he told the UN Security Council.

The US is one of the permanent members which has the right to veto resolution.

  • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Well for biden the calculation in practice seems to be “back Israel publicly so they’ll listen to us privately”

    Some major breakthroughs that haven’t been getting coverage has been hostage swaps negotiated by the US as well as getting an agreement from Israel to end the blockade of Palestine’s natural resource wealth. Folks on those threads are joking that reopening the airport in Gaza could become a possibility for the post war picture now.