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White House: US abstention on UNSC resolution does not indicate shift in policy
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, March 1, 2024. (Saul Loeb / AFP)
The US abstention on today’s UN Security Council resolution does not amount to a “shift in our policy” that believes a ceasefire must be obtained through a hostage deal, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters.
“We have been consistent in our support for a ceasefire as part of a hostage deal,” he says.
Kirby says the US could not support the resolution because it failed to condemn Hamas.
