The draft resolution urges an 'immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire' in Palestine's Gaza, along with the release of all hostages.
The draft resolution urges an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in Palestine's Gaza, along with the release of all hostages.A general view shows a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. / Photo: AP
The few resolutions that the United States did allow to pass by abstaining stopped short of calling for an unconditional and permanent ceasefire. They imagined a possible repeat of events in December 2016 when then-president Barack Obama was finishing his second term and the council passed a resolution calling for a halt to Israeli settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories, a first since 1979.
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