Posted on 03/25/2024 9:59:27 AM PDT by dennisw
American officials have repeatedly said they are worried about Israel's plans to launch a major ground offensive in Rafah, where about half of Gaza's 2.3 million population has found refuge.
The UN Security Council voted Monday morning on a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the month of Ramadan, as well as the immediate release of all hostages.
With Ramadan ending next month, it means the ceasefire would last for just two weeks.
'If the US does not veto a resolution for a cease-fire that is not conditional on the release of hostages - I will cancel the delegation's departure to Washington,' said Netanyahu earlier, according to Ynet News.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced that he is canceling the planned visit of a delegation to Washington after the United States refused to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Minutes before the resolution was carried by 14 votes to zero, Netanyahu told Israeli news media that the visit would not happen if Washington failed to veto it.
'In light of the change in the American position, Prime Minister Netanyahu decided the delegation would not leave,' his office said after the vote, calling the decision a 'clear retreat' from its previous stance.
The impasse is the latest twist in diplomatic efforts to ease the suffering of Palestinian civilians caught up in fighting and to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.
And it highlights how the relationship between the U.S. is breaking down amid the bloodshed in Gaza.
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It’s very disheartening.
must be concentrated in dearbornistan where a radical muslim woman is now their member of congress.
Benjamin Netanyahu should give Biden the Cold shoulder, and NOTHING else!
Who is the leader of the Free World?
Benjamin Netanyahu!
Biden is owned by the UN.
He should resign and become the Sec General of the UN!
Or this could just be more Kabuki theater set to provide an excuse for the cancelation because Deep State can’t very well admit that the POTATUS is too far gone for even brief stage-managed visits.
And Netanyahu is in on it.
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