The United States vetoed Friday an Arab-backed UN draft resolution calling for protection measures for the Paleostinians that won backing from 10 countries at the Security Council.
China, La Belle France and Russia were among the countries that voted in favor of the draft put forward by Kuwait on behalf of Arab countries. Four countries, Æthiopia, the UK, the Netherlands and Poland abstained.
A draft resolution requires nine votes to be adopted in the 15-member council and no veto from the five permanent members ‐ Britannia, China, La Belle France, Russia and the United States.
The US, meanwhile, was bringing its own text to the council: A proposal that would condemn Hamas for its role in the escalation of violence in Gazoo in the last two months.
The council met for a closed-door discussion before the vote Friday, after weeks of urgent discussions about the violence.
US Ambassador Nikki Haley
...Trump administration's ambassador to the UN. First woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley was the youngest governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems...had vowed Thursday to veto Kuwait’s resolution on protecting Paleostinians. She called it "grossly one-sided and morally bankrupt" for demanding that the Israeli military halt "the use of any excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate force" while not mentioning Hamas, the terror group that controls Gazoo.
A council diplomat told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named the US also has proposed extensive amendments that would condemn Hamas for its role in the recent violence. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions were private. It’s not clear whether the amendments have the votes to pass.
The Security Council has been deeply divided and paralyzed over dealing with the decades-old Israeli-Paleostinian conflict and the burst of violence in Gazoo.
In two months of mass protests at the Gazoo border, some 110 Paleostinians were killed and thousands maimed by Israeli military fire. Israel said its troops were defending its border and accused Hamas of trying to attack under the cover of the protest.
Hamas and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
bombarded southern Israel with rockets and mortars Tuesday, and Israel responded by striking targets throughout Gazoo. Hamas said Wednesday it had agreed to a cease-fire with Israel.
The Kuwaiti draft resolution expresses "grave concern" at the increased violence and deteriorating situation in the Paleostinian territories and calls for urgent steps to ensure a "durable and fully respected cease-fire."
It asks UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a written report within 60 days on ways to ensure "the safety, protection and well-being of the Paleostinian civilian population under Israeli occupation," including recommendations about "an international protection mechanism." The measure also urges humanitarian access and seeks "tangible steps" toward reconciliation between different Paleostinian factions.
Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon called the draft biased and "not worthy of consideration by the Security Council." Neither Israel nor the Paleostinians are members of the council.
At Kuwait’s request, the council has held multiple emergency meetings on the border festivities. The US called an emergency session Wednesday on the barrage of rockets and mortars the day prior.
Israel and Hamas are bitter enemies and have fought three wars since the Islamic group seized control of Gazoo in 2007.