The Syrian Foreign Ministry says this veto, along with Western support for “Israel”, can only be interpreted as permission for the Israeli occupation to continue its genocidal campaign.
Syria condemned the United States veto of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, “diplomatically” shielding its ally.
Thirteen Security Council members voted in favor of a brief draft resolution, presented through the UAE, and Britain abstained. The vote came after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked the UN charter’s Article 99 for it on Wednesday. The US Deputy Representative at the UN, Robert Wood, said the resolution was “divorced from reality” and “would have not moved the needle forward on the ground.”
The US resort to its veto power comes after the Palestinian Health Ministry revealed that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on Gaza has risen to 17,487 martyrs, over 70% of which are children and women, with 56,400 citizens injured with various injuries since the launch of the Israeli war on October 7.
The Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry expressed in a statement that this veto indicates for the “umpteenth time, that the United States is not only an accomplice in this massacre, but is the one that is waging a war in the Gaza Strip with the sole purpose of annihilating the Palestinian people.”
The Ministry also emphasized that the Western support for “Israel” under the guise of “self-defense” is the epitome of hypocrisy, adding that this support can “only be interpreted as permission” for the Israeli occupation to continue its genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people.
Ezzat el-Reshiq, a member of the Hamas political bureau, said late on Friday that the movement strongly condemns the US veto that blocked a UAE-drafted UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, adding that the Palestinian Resistance group considers Washington’s decision “unethical and inhumane.”
Hiding behind the US support, the Israeli occupation’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, said he thanked Washington and US President Joe Biden for vetoing the resolution.
Source: AlMayadeen