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Rabat – Activists and experts are certain that the US will likely veto today’s Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza to end the Israeli aggression against Palestinian civilians.
Al Jazeera quoted experts who said that the US vetoed 46 resolutions, including texts condemning Israel’s illegal annexation of the Golan Heights.
Political lecturer at Murdoch University in Perth Ian Wilson told Al Jazeera that the US will not allow a resolution calling for a ceasefire “no matter how carefully it’s worded.”
Today will mark a meeting of the UN Security Council, where a vote on a new resolution on Gaza is expected.
The meeting follows a strongly-worded letter from the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in which he called on the Security Council to shoulder its responsibility and address the catastrophe taking place in Gaza due to occupation forces’ ruthless shelling and murderous campaign.
“Civilians throughout Gaza face grave danger,” Guterres wrote in his letter, recalling that tens of thousands of Palestinians, including children, have perished since Israel launched its brutal war on the besieged strip on October 7.
Guterres also urged the council to act towards averting a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, emphasizing that the international community has a “responsibility to use all its influence to prevent further escalation and end this crisis.”
Like Wilson, president of civil society group United Voices for America Ahmed Bedier is not expecting the US to vote in favor of a ceasefire.
“The Biden administration at the beginning of this gave full support for the Netanyahu government, what they’re doing, and now they’re trying to rein it in,” Bedier told Al Jazeera.
For a resolution to be passed, it needs to receive at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes from the council’s permanent members, including the US, Russia, China, France, and Britain.
The US and UK have been the most prominent opponents of ceasefire proposals since October 7, alleging that this will benefit Hamas.
Israeli aggression has killed over 16,000 people, with children accounting for 40% of the murdered victims.
