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U.S. abstention on UN cease-fire vote triggers Netanyahu rage

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes abstain during a vote on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. Angela Weiss | … Read more

Israel fury at US abstention on Security Council ceasefire vote

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Israel reacted angrily on Monday to the first UN Security Council vote to demand an “immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza war, after its closest ally the United States abstained, while fighting raged in the Palestinian territory. Immediately after the resolution passed, Israel cancelled the visit of a delegation to Washington, which the United States had … Read more