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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Kuwait blocks US-drafted UNSC resolution condemning Gaza rocket fire
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleKuwait on Wednesday blocks a US-drafted UN Security Council statement that would have strongly condemned Palestinian rocket firings from the Gaza Strip on Israel that triggered the worst military flareup since a 2014 war.
The United States had circulated the draft text ahead of an emergency council meeting, to be held later Wednesday at Washington’s request, on the rocket and mortar attacks by the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups.
Kuwait, a non-permanent council member that represents Arab countries, says it is blocking the statement to allow for consideration of a draft resolution it has put forward on the protection of Palestinian civilians.
In an email to the US mission seen by AFP, Kuwait says: “We cannot agree to the text put forth by your delegation especially as we are considering a draft resolution that deals with the protection of civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories and the Gaza Strip.”
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.