Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday canceled a meeting with his advisers and White House officials after the Biden administration allowed the United Nations Security Council to pass an anti-Israel resolution.
the US abstained UNSC resolution 2728, they could have exercised their veto power by voting no. The resolution calls for an “immediate ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Hamas during the final two weeks of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. However, the UN has not yet acted, neither condemning Hamas for the October 7 attack nor making a ceasefire conditional on the release of the remaining 134 Israeli hostages still held in Gaza. do not have.
The United States had previously sought a ceasefire on the condition that the hostages be released. Demanding a ceasefire before releasing the hostages would effectively allow Hamas to survive and win the war while keeping its prisoners.
The White House last week called on Israel to send a representative to Washington to discuss Israel’s plans to invade Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip near the Egyptian border, and attack Hamas’ last stronghold there. . Prime Minister Netanyahu responded by naming Strategy Minister Ron Dermer and national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi for talks this week, but insisted that Israel would still attack Rafah’s Hamas.
But after the Biden administration’s decision on Monday to allow the passage of a UN resolution with the support of Russia and China, which blocked a US resolution linking Friday’s ceasefire and the release of hostages, Netanyahu said: canceled the meeting.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office on Monday:
The United States today abandoned its policy at the United Nations. Just days ago, it supported a Security Council resolution linking calls for a ceasefire to the release of hostages.
China and Russia vetoed the resolution, partly because they opposed a ceasefire that would have led to the release of the hostages. But today, Russia and China joined Algeria and others in supporting the new resolution precisely because there was no such connection.
Unfortunately, the United States did not veto the new resolution calling for a ceasefire that was not conditional on the release of hostages.
This constitutes a clear departure from the United States’ consistent position on the Security Council since the beginning of the war.
Today’s resolution gives Hamas hope that international pressure will force Israel to accept a ceasefire without releasing the hostages, damaging both the war effort and hostage release efforts.
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced last night that he would cancel the Israeli delegation’s visit to the United States unless the United States departed from its principled policy and vetoed this harmful resolution. In view of the change in the US position, Prime Minister Netanyahu decided that his delegation would remain in Israel.
The United States said it abstained from the resolution because there was no change in policy and it did not condemn Hamas. The White House also stated: according to The Times of Israel reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “overreacted.” Benny Gantz, an opposition politician who is part of Israel’s National Unity Emergency Government, said Prime Minister Netanyahu should have sent a representative anyway.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant is already in Washington to discuss Israel’s rearmament needs.he called Without attacking the Biden administration, he said the U.N. Security Council resolution was a “scandal” and that Israel had no “moral right” to stop the war until all the hostages were freed.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week that Israel wanted US support in the operation in Rafah, but was prepared to act alone and was unable to safely evacuate civilians. He said he believes it can be done.
Asked by Breitbart News on Monday about Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent comments that it would be impossible for Israel to evacuate Palestinian civilians from Rafah, an Israeli government spokesperson said Israel would find a way. .
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