Another resolution
Israel nixes US Rafah talks as Washington allows UNSC resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday canceled a planned trip to Washington by his top aides to discuss plans for an offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah, taking the step after the United States refrained from using a veto to block a United Nations Security Council resolution, backed by Russia and China, that called for a ceasefire without conditioning it on the release of hostages ....
The UN Security Council on Monday passed the resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, but did not make the former conditional on the latter.
The US abstained from the vote, allowing a ceasefire demand to pass for the first time since the start of the war in October ....
The US is now acting baffled by the angry reaction of Israel, saying there has been no change in policy, but htat is just not true. Why would the US allow a resolution for a ceasefire without a mandated hostage release to pass, when we know Hamas will not freely give up those hostages? I mean, some of those hostages are Americans too. And even the UN has said it believes those hostages are being constantly tortured/sexually abused.
I can only think of one reason why the US did this. I believe the Biden administration cares more about winning the upcoming election than it cares about getting the hostages back.
It appears that young voters and Arab/Muslim voters ... almost all Democrats ... are set against Israel, set against the Biden administration helping Israel, and they will not vote for Biden in the upcoming election if this continues.
I am deeply disappointed in the Biden administration for caving in to this element of our party.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday canceled a planned trip to Washington by his top aides to discuss plans for an offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah, taking the step after the United States refrained from using a veto to block a United Nations Security Council resolution, backed by Russia and China, that called for a ceasefire without conditioning it on the release of hostages ....
The UN Security Council on Monday passed the resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, but did not make the former conditional on the latter.
The US abstained from the vote, allowing a ceasefire demand to pass for the first time since the start of the war in October ....
The US is now acting baffled by the angry reaction of Israel, saying there has been no change in policy, but htat is just not true. Why would the US allow a resolution for a ceasefire without a mandated hostage release to pass, when we know Hamas will not freely give up those hostages? I mean, some of those hostages are Americans too. And even the UN has said it believes those hostages are being constantly tortured/sexually abused.
I can only think of one reason why the US did this. I believe the Biden administration cares more about winning the upcoming election than it cares about getting the hostages back.
It appears that young voters and Arab/Muslim voters ... almost all Democrats ... are set against Israel, set against the Biden administration helping Israel, and they will not vote for Biden in the upcoming election if this continues.
I am deeply disappointed in the Biden administration for caving in to this element of our party.
posted by crystal | 12:30 PM
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