Moscow
\nBy again vetoing a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, the US has shown a disregard for human life, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed.
\nOn Tuesday, Washington blocked a third attempt by UNSC members to pause the fighting in Gaza. The Algerian-drafted resolution, calling for an immediate humanitarian truce, was backed by 13 nations in the 15-member body, including Russia and China. The US was the only country to vote \u2018no,\u2019 while the UK abstained.
\nThe Americans \u201care blocking the call for a ceasefire. That\u2019s it. This is their attitude towards people, not towards people of a certain nationality, but towards people in general,\u201d Zakharova said in an interview with Sputnik Radio on Wednesday.
\n\u201cThe solution [to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict], towards which the US is pushing people and regions, does not exist,\u201d she stressed, without explaining what she believes Washington is trying to achieve in Gaza.
\nWhile the Americans continue to obstruct a truce, the situation in Gaza \u201conly deteriorates,\u201d the spokeswoman added.
\nZakharova also commented on Washington\u2019s decision in early February to sanction several Israeli settlers, who were accused of stoking violence in the occupied West Bank.
\n\u201cJust think about it. Did these settlers come out of nowhere?.. They are part of the [Israeli] government system, which was supported by the US in the first place. The US was the guarantor of the well-being of the people who developed these lands,\u201d she stated.
\nWashington\u2019s envoy to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the US used its veto power on Tuesday over concerns that the resolution would \u201cnegatively impact\u201d the current talks \u2013 involving the US, Israel, Egypt and Qatar \u2013 on the release of hostages held by the Palestinian armed group Hamas.
\n\u201cDemanding an immediate unconditional ceasefire without an agreement requiring Hamas to release the hostages will not bring about durable peace. Instead, it could extend the fighting between Hamas and Israel,\u201d Thomas-Greenfield claimed.
\nIsrael has been bombarding Gaza since October 7 when Hamas carried out an incursion into the country, killing some 1,200 people and capturing 253 others. The group is still holding 134 hostages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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