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Faizel Patel – 18/05/2021
The United States has blocked, for the third time in a week, the adoption of a joint UN Security Council statement calling for a halt to Israeli-Palestinian violence and the protection of civilians.
At least 212 Palestinians, including 61 children, 36 women, and 16 elderly people have been killed while some 1,400 others have been wounded after relentless bombing of Gaza by the apartheid state.
The text drafted by China, Tunisia and Norway was submitted late Sunday for approval yesterday by the Council’s 15 members, as Israeli jets continued to pound the Gaza Strip.
One diplomat told AFP the United States indicated that they “could not currently support an expression” by the Security Council.
The text called for “de-escalation of the situation, cessation of violence and respect for international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians, especially children.”
The US refusal to endorse a joint Security Council statement has been met with disbelief by its allies.
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