Israel-Palestine: US blocks UN statement for the third time in a week

 

Israel-Palestine

As outrage grows over the ongoing violence in the middle east so too does pressure on the international community to act demonstrators gathered on Tuesday outside the building that houses israel's mission to the u.n calling for an end to the hostilities while inside the u.n the Palestinian ambassador called on the security council to speak with one voice president biden has finally called for a cease fire elevate his rhetoric did that give you any hope that today coming out of the security council the united states might have softened its position a bit on a statement are you seeing any difference in their level of engagement we sincerely hope that he can succeed in his efforts with the efforts of everyone else who is involved in this endeavor to reach an agreement on a ceasefire as we speak anytime soon our objective is to put an end to the tragedy and the suffering of our people the security council has met four times in the course of eight days with Norway tunisia and china pushing to keep the crisis in the spotlight we have heard from president biden in supporting the cease-fire so that's really something consistent with what we are proposing in the security council so we hope that we can continue to work together among all council members with a good result at the request of the arab group along with the organization for Islamic cooperation the general assembly will hold its own emergency meeting on Thursday the united states continues to insist it's working tirelessly with players in the region to bring about an end to the violence arguing that quiet diplomacy is more effective than a public statement even as the calls for action are getting louder kristin salumi al jazeera the united nations