My sincere thanks to the U.S. Administration and in particular to @SecDef. Lloyd Austin, with whom I spoke this week, for rightly preventing the unjust U.N. Security Council statement criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza.
— בני גנץ - Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) May 17, 2021
Jerusalem Post: US blocks UN Security Council statement calling for ceasefire
He added that he was also concerned by violent clashes between Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as well as internal rioting.
The United States blocked the United Nations Security Council from issuing a statement that called for an end to Israeli-Palestinian violence on Monday, but failed to condemn or even mention Hamas or the Gaza rockets.
When pressed by reporters in Denmark as to whether the US was standing in the way of diplomacy, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “we’re not standing in the way of diplomacy. To the contrary, we’re exercising it virtually nonstop.”
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Update #1: U.S. Blocks U.N. Statement on Violence in Gaza (WSJ)
Update #2: US Again Blocks UN Statement Urging Halt To Gaza Violence - Accused Of "Obstructionism" (Zero Hedge)
WNU editor: The next UN Security Council meeting is on Thursday.
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