The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Monday calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for the release of hostages held by Hamas.
This resolution, which every other country on the Security Council voted in favor of, called for “an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire,” according to a release from the.
Netanyahu agreed last week to send the delegation to meet with U.S. officials regarding Israel’s intent to carry out military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. But the prime minister’s office has decided to call off the delegation’s visit because the U.S. did not use its veto power on the resolution.
National security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer were set to travel to Washington this week as Israel plans to pursue full-scale military operations in Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians have sought refuge from the war.
“Russia and China simply did not want to vote for a resolution that was penned by the United States because it would rather see us fail than to see this council succeed,” Thomas-Greenfield said after last Friday’s vote, “even after inclusive consultations over weeks and weeks, even after negotiations and edits produced the draft that received overwhelming Council support.”
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