UN votes down amendment to add condemnation of Hamas to ceasefire resolution

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

An amendment to add a condemnation of Hamas to a Jordanian UN General Assembly resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza has been voted down.

Eighty-eight countries voted for the amendment, 55 voted against and 33 abstained, but two-thirds support from the 193-member body was needed in order for the measure to be adopted.

Jordan’s ambassador to the UN called the amendment an effort to “whitewash” Israeli “atrocities” in Gaza.

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