Democrat lawmaker slams US move to veto resolution on Gaza cease-fire

ANKARA (AA) – Democrat lawmaker Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed the US government for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, calling the move “shameful.”

“The Biden Admin can no longer reconcile their professed concern for Palestinians and human rights while also single-handedly vetoing the UN’s call for cease-fire and sidestepping the entire US Congress to unconditionally back the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza,” Cortez said on X.

The US vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Friday that demanded an immediate cease-fire to halt the ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip.

The text, which was co-sponsored by nearly 100 UN member states, received the support of 13 Security Council members. The UK, also a permanent council member with veto power, abstained.

Tel Aviv has pressed ahead with its offensive after the US blocked the international push for a truce, and approved more munitions to its ally.

It launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on October 7.

Israel resumed its brutal and indiscriminate military offensive on the Gaza Strip on December 1 after the end of a weeklong suspension.

Nearly 18,000 Palestinians — mostly children and women — have been killed and more than 49,200 others injured in Israeli attacks on the besieged enclave since October 7.

The infrastructure and basic facilities have been utterly destroyed as humanitarian assistance continues to be blocked out.

The UN has appealed time and again for a cease-fire in order to end the nightmarish genocidal bloodbath unleashed on the civilian population. However, the US’s decision to veto the cease-fire resolution has blighted all hopes for an end to the worst military assault in modern history.