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The United States threatened to kill a new draft resolution in the UN Security Council calling for an “immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons” in the Gaza Strip, after Algeria requested a vote on it next Tuesday.
Following the decision issued by the International Court of Justice at the end of January in which it called on Israel to prevent any possible act of “genocide” in Gaza, Algeria launched consultations in the Security Council on a new draft resolution calling for the establishment of a truce in the Palestinian Strip.
According to the latest version of the Algerian draft resolution, which was seen by AFP on Saturday, the Security Council calls for “an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons that is respected by all parties.”
According to diplomatic sources at the United Nations, Algeria requested that the Security Council vote on the text in its current form on Tuesday.
The draft resolution rejects the "forced displacement of the Palestinian civilian population" and calls for an end to this "violation of international law."
The text also calls for the release of all hostages.
However, like all previous texts criticized by Israel and its ally the United States, the draft resolution does not condemn the attack launched by Hamas on October 7 on Palestinian territories occupied by Israel.
After the attacks, the Israeli occupation pledged to “eliminate” Hamas, and it launched a major aggression against Gaza that has claimed to date 28,858 martyrs, the vast majority of whom are civilians, women and minors.
On Saturday, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, issued a statement denouncing Algeria’s decision to refer the text to a vote.
In her statement, the American delegate considered that the Algerian move threatens to undermine the ongoing negotiations between the Israeli occupation and Hamas, with American-Egyptian-Qatari mediation, to establish a new truce that includes the release of hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in occupation prisons.
The American statement added, “For this reason, the United States does not support” voting on this text.
In a clear threat to resort to a veto to destroy the text, Thomas-Greenfield said in her statement, “If we reach a vote on the current draft, it will not be adopted.”
A few days ago, the Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, said, “We believe that the time has come for the Security Council to adopt a resolution on a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons.”
In mid-October and then at the beginning of December, Washington ignored all pressure exerted by the international community and used its veto power to thwart draft resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
AFP