By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

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 a cease-fire. – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has criticized the United States for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, saying the decision was “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 a cease-fire and sidestepping the entire US Congress to unconditionally back the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza,” Cortez posted on the X platform.

The US vetoed the UN resolution on Friday which was co-sponsored by nearly 100 UN member states.  The vote in the 15-member council received the support of 13 states, with the United Kingdom abstaining.

Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, expressed his regret following the vote, saying “I urged the Security Council to press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and I reiterated my appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire.”

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 ceasefire and sidestepping the entire US Congress to unconditionally back the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza. https://t.co/KFy4YPk5n0

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 10, 2023

“Regrettably, the Security Council failed to do it,” he posted on X.

“But that does not make it less necessary. I promise: I will not give up,” Guterres added.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 17,997 Palestinians have been killed and 49,229 in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. Palestinian and international estimates say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children. 

The Israeli army continues to pound civilian homes throughout the Gaza Strip with new massacres reported everywhere in the besieged enclave.

(The Palestine Chronicle)