Netanyahu cancels advisers’ visit to DC after Biden regime allows UN ceasefire resolution to pass
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/03/netanyahu-cancels-advisers-visit-to-dc-after-biden-regime-allows-un-ceasefire-resolution-to-pass; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
Statement by @IsraeliPM Netanyahu on the UNSC Gaza ceasefire resolution:
“The United States has abandoned its policy in the UN today. Just a few days ago, it supported a Security Council resolution that linked a call for a ceasefire to the release of hostages.
China and Russia… pic.twitter.com/jAuE9bKkpF
— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) March 25, 2024
“Israel cancels Washington visit after US allows UN Gaza ceasefire resolution to pass,” by CNN, March 25, 2024: , , Lauren Izso and ,
The US decision to abstain on the vote prompted Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel a scheduled trip to the US by two of his top advisers, two Israeli officials said.
The US had previously vetoed similar resolutions calling for a ceasefire. Its position evolved last week when on Friday it put forward a ceasefire resolution tied to the release of hostages. That resolution fell when it was vetoed by Russia and China. The US abstention on Monday’s vote allowed the latest resolution to pass, when the other 14 members of the 15-strong council voted yes.
The US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that while the latest resolution included edits requested by the US, Washington could not vote yes because it “did not agree with everything.”
“A ceasefire could have come about months ago if Hamas had been willing to release hostages,” the ambassador said, calling on member states and the UNSC to demand that Hamas “accepts the deal on the table.”
“Any ceasefire must come with the release of all hostages,” she added.
The resolution, put forward by the 10 non-permanent members of the Security Council, demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and “the urgent need to expand the flow” of aid into Gaza.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said a failure to implement the resolution would be “unforgivable.”
“The Security Council just approved a long-awaited resolution on Gaza, demanding an immediate ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. This resolution must be implemented. Failure would be unforgivable,” Guterres wrote on X, previously known as Twitter….