Today, Tuesday, the UN Security Council held an open session on the Palestinian issue. The open session is scheduled to be followed by a closed consultation session.
Yesterday, Monday, the United Nations Security Council adopted, with a total of 14 votes in support, a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the month of Ramadan.
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After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council adopted its first resolution on Monday calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, and the United States abstained from voting after obstructing previous attempts to issue a resolution by resorting to its veto power.
The resolution, which was supported by 14 members and one abstention, “demands an immediate ceasefire during the month of Ramadan,” which began two weeks ago, provided that it “leads to a permanent ceasefire,” and “demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.”
The United States did not veto the resolution and abstained from voting, making it the first ceasefire resolution adopted by the Council after four previous failures.
The Security Council failed last Friday, when China and Russia used their veto against the American proposal. The dispute was over the American insistence on linking the call for a ceasefire to the hostage deal and condemning Hamas.
On the other hand, the Hebrew radio said that Colombian President Gustavo Petro threatened to sever diplomatic relations with the Israeli occupation if Tel Aviv did not comply with the UN Security Council resolution to cease fire in the Gaza Strip.
A new dispute broke out in Israeli circles, and positions differed with the American administration, after the UN Security Council adopted, yesterday, Monday, a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire during the month of Ramadan, respected by all parties, leading to a sustainable ceasefire, with 14 members supporting it and abstaining. The United States abstained from voting and using its veto power, and the ten non-permanent members of the Council presented the draft resolution, including Algeria, the only Arab member of the Security Council.
In its first reaction to the decision, the Israeli occupation Prime Minister’s Office said that Benjamin Netanyahu canceled the visit of an Israeli delegation to Washington, following America’s abstention from voting on the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council. The Office described what happened as “a clear retreat from the United States’ consistent position on Security Council since the start of the war.
In turn, the White House said that the Israeli government’s decision not to send a delegation to Washington to exchange views on the operation in Rafah was “disappointing,” while the Pentagon said that the meeting of the US Secretary of Defense with his Israeli counterpart at the headquarters of the US Department of Defense on Tuesday still took place, although The visit of the Israeli Defense Minister is separate from the visit of the Israeli delegation to the White House.
John Kirby, coordinator of strategic communications for the US National Security Council, also said that the American abstention from voting on the Security Council resolution “does not represent a shift in our policy,” explaining, “We did not vote in favor of the resolution, and we were content with abstaining from voting, because the final version does not include a denunciation of Hamas.” .