The United States has publicly opposed an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Friday after meeting Blinken to go ahead even without Washington
Russia’s U.N. ambassador accused U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield of “misleading the international community” for “politicized” reasons.
Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, with Moscow accusing Washington of a "hypocritical spectacle" that does not pressure Israel.…
Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling for "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians.
Russia and China on Friday blocked a resolution in the U.N. Security Council that called for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held by Hamas.
Before a U.S. resolution in the United Nations Security Council calling for a cease-fire in Gaza was vetoed on Friday, the U.S. had vetoed three previous ones demanding a halt to the fighting.
Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Moscow supports an immediate cease-fire, but he questioned the language in the resolution and accused the U.S. “misleading the international community.”
WASHINGTON — Russia and China used their veto power at the UN Security Council on Friday to block a resolution drafted by the United States calling for an “immediate cease-fire” in the Gaza Strip.
"There is a better way to deal with the threat, the ongoing threat posed by Hamas," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said ahead of his arrival in Tel Aviv.
The American draft resolution before the Security Council did not go far enough to end the Israel-Hamas war, Russia and China said, after the United States had vetoed three earlier resolutions.
