Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz thanked the US administration for thwarting a Security Council resolution criticizing his country.
“My sincere thanks to the administration of the United States and in particular to Lloyd Austin, whom I spoke with this week, because it has rightly been blocked by the UN Security Council’s unjust statement criticizing Israel’s actions,” Gantz said in a tweet today, Tuesday, on his Twitter page. in Gaza”.
Earlier, the United States of America blocked, for the third time, the issuance of a joint statement by the UN Security Council calling for a ceasefire between the Palestinians and Israel.
The closed sessions of the UN Security Council considered a draft statement submitted by China, Tunisia and Norway, on Monday and Wednesday, last week, and 14 of the 15 members of the council supported the draft statement.
Adoption of the statement requires unanimous approval, but according to diplomatic sources, the United States opposed issuing it.
My sincere thanks to the U.S. Administration and in particular to @SecDef. Lloyd Austin, with whom I spoke this week, for rightly preventing the unjust U.N. Security Council statement criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza.
— בני גנץ – Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) May 17, 2021
Source: RT