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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">March 25, 2024<br></div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><div><p>The
United Nations Security Council has demanded an immediate ceasefire
between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza and the immediate
and unconditional release of all hostages as the United States
abstained from the vote.</p>
<p>The remaining 14 council members voted for the resolution on Monday.</p>
<p>Speaking after the vote, US ambassador to the UN Linda
Thomas-Greenfield blamed Hamas for the delay in passing a ceasefire
resolution.</p>
<p>“We did not agree with everything with the resolution,” which she says is the reason why the US abstained.</p>
<p>“Certain key edits were ignored, including our request to add a
condemnation of Hamas,” Thomas-Greenfield said. She stressed that the
release of captives will lead to the increase in humanitarian aid in the
besieged coastal enclave.</p>
<p>In a statement following the vote, the White House said the final
resolution did not have language the US deems essential, and the vote
does not represent a shift in policy.</p>
<img src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-03-25T144208Z_768449830_RC22T6ALMXGH_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-UN-1711378011.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80" alt="U.S. Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield abstains" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" width="395" height="263" style="margin-right: 25px;">US
Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield abstains,
during a vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire
for the month of Ramadan [Andrew Kelly/Reuters]
<p>But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the US
failure to veto the resolution is a “clear retreat” from its previous
position, and would hurt war efforts against Hamas as well as efforts to
release over 130 hostages.</p>
<p>His office also said Netanyahu will not be sending a high-level delegation to Washington in light of the new US position.</p>
<p>US President Joe Biden had requested to meet Israeli officials to
discuss Israeli plans for a ground invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza,
where more than 1 million internally displaced Palestinians are
sheltering.</p>
<h2 id="gmail-crisis-not-over">‘Crisis not over’</h2>
<p>Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor James Bays said this is still a “very, very significant” development.</p><div aria-label="Newsletter signup Widget" id="gmail-article-newsletter-slot"><p></p><p></p><div><p><span aria-hidden="false"><span>The latest news from around the world.
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<p>“After almost six months … the vote, almost unanimous,” has demanded a lasting and immediate ceasefire in Gaza.</p>
<p>“The US has used its veto three times,” Bays said. “This time, the US let this pass”.</p>
<p>“Resolutions of the Security Council are international law, they are
always seen as binding on all the member states of the United Nations,”
he added.</p>
<p>The vote came amid international calls to bring the months-long
conflict to an end, as Israeli forces pummel Gaza with one of the most
destructive campaigns, and humanitarian conditions in the besieged strip
reach <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/21/entire-gaza-population-facing-hunger-crisis-famine-risk-un-backed-report">critical levels</a>.</p>
<p>More than 90 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have been
displaced, and conditions under total Israeli siege and bombardment have
pushed Gaza to the brink of famine, the UN has said.</p>
<p>More than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 7,
mostly women and children, while the remaining population is
experiencing catastrophic hunger.</p>
<p>In remarks following the vote, France urged work on a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.</p>
<p>“This crisis is not over. Our council will have to remain mobilised
and immediately get back to work. After Ramadan, which ends in two
weeks, it will have to establish a permanent ceasefire,” said France’s
UN representative, Nicolas de Riviere.</p>
<p><i>More to come…</i></p>
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