Article 6KN4Z The US just stood up to Israel at the United Nations. But Biden isn’t doing enough | Mohamad Bazzi

The US just stood up to Israel at the United Nations. But Biden isn’t doing enough | Mohamad Bazzi

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Mohamad Bazzi
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On the same day as the vote, the White House declared, contrary to all evidence, that Israel has not blocked humanitarian aid from Gaza

After the US vetoed three previous resolutions, the United Nations security council voted on Monday to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the remaining weeks of Ramadan. The UN resolution was approved after Joe Biden's administration dropped its veto threat and lifted its diplomatic cover for Israel, at least temporarily, by abstaining from the vote.

Has Biden finally decided to use his leverage over Israel to stop its devastating war in Gaza, which has killed more than 32,000 people, the majority of them women and children and displaced over 75% of the population? It doesn't seem so: on the same day that the US abstained on the UN ceasefire resolution, allowing it to pass, the Biden administration inexplicably declared that Israel has not violated international law or blocked humanitarian aid from reaching desperate people in Gaza.

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