Today the US finally decided not to obstruct a UN Security Council resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Ambassador to the United Nations from the United Kingdom Barbara Woodward, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas Greenfield and other members of the UN Security Council observe a moment of silence during a meeting at UN headquarters on March 25, 2024, in New York City.United Nations Security Council resolution demanding immediate ceasefire
It is doubtful that Israel will comply with the UN Security Council ceasefire resolution. In his post-vote statement, Israel’s ambassador to the UN said, “All members of this council should have voted against this shameful resolution…. It is a travesty, and I am disgusted.” North Sinai Governor Mohamed Shusha, who accompanied the UN chief, said more than 7,000 trucks are waiting at the Rafah border crossing ready to deliver aid to Gaza when allowed entry.
It’s not as complicated as many elected officials would have you believe. Israel’s dependence on the U.S. has deepened since October 7. Israel relies on U.S. weapons and U.S. taxpayers’ dollars to fund its occupation and genocide of the Palestinians. Cutting off funding and weapons supplies to Israel is the immediate action that would be most effective in alleviating further human suffering and avoiding a catastrophe and death toll greater than what we’ve seen so far.
Some think that the flour massacre — the incident in which Israeli forces killed more than 100 Palestinians as they surrounded an aid truck convoy in northern Gaza — was the incident that triggered Biden’s impatience with the Netanyahu government and ushered a change in the administration’s policy toward Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Also last week, President Biden called Prime Minister Netanyahu and warned him against the invasion of Rafah during Ramadan, where 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are crowded. Did Netanyahu heed Biden’s call? In a post on X reported on by, Netanyahu said, “I made it clear to President Biden in our conversation, in the clearest way, that we are determined to complete the elimination of Hamas in Rafah as well.
The same can be said for the U.S.’s recent project of building a “temporary pier” on Gaza’s Mediterranean Coast that allows aid delivery by sea. It not only seeks to absolve Israel of its responsibility of protecting — not starving — the people it is occupying, but the project is likely to take months to complete as Israel continues murdering civilians. In short, it’s just another publicity stunt in order to portray the U.S.’s humanitarian side and contain domestic voter outrage against U.S.
Under the guise of humanitarian diplomatic endeavor, the U.S. presented the UN Security Council with a “so-called” ceasefire resolution last week — “so-called” because it does not demand an immediate ceasefire, but instead “determines the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire.
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