Israel vows to press on in Gaza after UN Security Council approves ceasefire proposal
🔶️ Israel has vowed to persist with its military operation in Gaza, saying it won’t engage in “meaningless” negotiations with #Hamas, shortly after the United Nations Security Council overwhelmingly approved a US-backed #ceasefire plan intended to bring an end to the eight-month war.
🔶️ Israel’s representative to the UN, Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly, emphasized at a #UNSC meeting Monday that her country wants to “ensure that Gaza doesn’t pose a threat to Israel in the future.”
🔶️ Her comments came after 14 of the 15 UNSC council members voted in favor of Monday’s US-drafted resolution, with only #Russia abstaining – the first time the council has endorsed such a plan to end the war. Israel is not a member of the UNSC, and so did not vote.
Kick this rogue nation out of #UN. They do not belong to the world nations. They are a nation of arrogant #savages.
#UN / UN Security Council backs plan for Israel-Hamas ceasefire
The Security Council held an emergency meeting and voted on the proposal, with 14 members in favor, none against, and one abstention (Russia). By treating #Israel, a UN member state, and #Hamas, a non-state militant group, on equal footing, the resolution avoids being seen as overtly taking sides.
[…] Biden laid out a three-phase ceasefire plan on May 31 that he described as an Israeli initiative. Some Security Council members questioned whether Israel had accepted the plan to end the fighting in Gaza.
[…] The resolution welcomes the new ceasefire proposal, "which Israel accepted, calls upon Hamas to also accept it, and urges both parties to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition."
According to a leaked document detailing Israel's proposed deal with Hamas (as revealed by Channel 12), Israel indeed offered to end the war and withdraw IDF forces from Gaza before all captives are released by Hamas. Israel's Prime Minister's Office, though, denies now that this was the full deal, stating Israel would not end the war until all its goals were met - defeating Hamas, return of all captives, and ensuring Gaza no longer threatens Israel.
[…] The UN General Assembly convened again in New York on Friday for an emergency special session on the #Gaza crisis and overwhelmingly passed a resolution which upgrades Palestine’s rights at the world body as an Observer State, without offering full membership. It urged the Security Council to give “favourable consideration” to Palestine’s request.