“The president called America’s position aggressive and immoral, grossly violating all humanitarian principles and values, and holds the United States responsible for the bloodshed of Palestinian children, women and the elderly in the Gaza Strip,” Abbas’ office said in a statement.
Washington on Friday vetoed a Security Council resolution on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip at a special meeting of the United Nations, thwarting calls by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Arab countries for an immediate ceasefire.
American envoy Robert Wood said that the resolution “did not correspond to reality” and “would not have helped in any way”.
Israel welcomed the veto, but the resolution’s sponsor, the United Arab Emirates, said it was deeply disappointed by the outcome.
Mr. Abbas said on Saturday that “US policies contribute to genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes committed by Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Jerusalem.”
A. Guterres called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after, according to Hamas officials, nearly 17,500 people have already been killed in the Gaza Strip. people, mostly civilians.
On October 7, Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack from the Gaza Strip in the south of Israel, where they killed about 1.2 thousand people. people, mostly civilians, and took another 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials.
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2024-08-15 10:18:39
