Chairman of Palestinian AuthorityMahmoud Abbas said this Saturday that he thinks so America “Liable to shed blood” GazaAfter Washington vetoed a resolution him To call for a ceasefire in this Palestinian territory.
Abbas, the head of government in the West Bank, described the position of America And pointed out that Washington was “responsible for the bloodshed of Palestinian children, women and the elderly.” Gaza Strip in the hands of the Israeli occupation forces,” a statement from his office said.
Israel’s main ally, the United States, has vetoed it in the UN Security Council The attempt to give the Palestinian Authority time to pass a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire was stalled.
Robert Wood, the US deputy representative to the UN, said the resolution was “de facto” detached and “wouldn’t have moved a needle in the ground.”
Palestinian Authority: US “complicit in crimes of genocide”
This effort to establish a ceasefire was promoted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and several Arab countries.
Israel The veto was welcomed, but the resolution’s sponsor, the United Arab Emirates, expressed its “deep disappointment”.
“The US position is complicit in the genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes committed by the occupying forces against the Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem,” Abbas said this Saturday.
Hamas, the Palestinian movement that controls Gaza, condemned the US decision, saying the Islamic group said the Israeli offensive in the Palestinian enclave had killed 17,487 people, mostly women and minors.
Israel has been bombing Gaza since Oct. 7, in retaliation for Hamas militants fighting along its border that killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped 240 others, according to Israeli officials. A total of 138 hostages have been captured.
(AFP)
