A US-sponsored resolution calling for 'the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire' in Gaza has failed to pass in the UN Security Council.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the UN, has hit out at Russia and China after the US's resolution on Gaza failed. She said the US 'put forward a resolution in good faith'. 'Unfortunately Russia and China decided to exercise its veto. Now Russia and China will give you all sorts of explanations for obstruction. But whether or not it will admit it, there two deeply, deeply cynical reasons behind its votes.
'Russia and China refuses to condemn Hamas for burning people alive, for gunning down innocent civilians at a concert, for raping women and girls, for taking hundreds of people hostage. 'This was the deadliest single attack on Jews since the Holocaust and a permanent member of this council can't even condemn it. It's really outrageous.'She added: 'The second reason behind this veto is not just cynical, it's also petty.
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