Russia called the resolution an “empty rhetorical exercise” designed to “play” to American voters.
Russia and China vetoed a United States-led resolution on Friday at the United Nations Security Council that voiced support for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war contingent on the release of hostages.
The wording of the resolution was the sharpest to date that the United States has proposed to the world body on the Israel-Hamas war. In previous resolutions, the U.S. only called for finite pauses in hostilities and it vetoed past resolutions that contained calls for “immediate” cease-fires. But the U.S.-led resolution stopped short of directly demanding or ordering a cease-fire, and it also did not insist upon a permanent cease-fire. Russia assailed the resolution as an “empty rhetorical exercise” designed to “play to the voters to throw them a bone in the form of some kind of a mention of a ceasefire in Gaza.”
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield slammed Russia and China as “cynical” and “hypocritical” for their opposition.
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