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US Alternate Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood raises his hand to veto a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, during a United Nations Security Council meeting on November 20, 2024, at UN headquarters in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
November 20, 2024, 8:52 pm
US vetoes UNSC resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire not conditional on hostage release
American officials say they offered compromises that were rejected, cast blame on Russia and China; US allowed a similar resolution to pass in March
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy addresses the UN Security Council, as chair, during a meeting on the situation on Sudan and South Sudan, at UN headquarters in New York City, November 18, 2024. (REUTERS/ Brendan McDermid)
November 18, 2024, 10:12 pm
UN Security Council members call for ‘huge’ surge in aid entry to Gaza
‘The situation is devastating, and frankly, beyond comprehension, and it’s getting worse,’ says British FM Lammy; European Union decides against severing ties with Israel
By Reuters and ToI Staff
An injured man sits on the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike in Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza, October 29, 2024. (AFP)
October 30, 2024, 2:57 am
US presses Israel to explain ‘horrific’ Gaza strike in which over 20 kids said killed
Hamas health ministry reports 93 killed in Beit Lahiya, a figure the IDF says shouldn’t be trusted; Biden envoy: Israel’s words on providing aid to civilians don’t match its actions
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on October 2, 2024. (Mandel Ngan / AFP)
October 3, 2024, 1:33 am
Biden: US opposes Israel hitting Iran nuclear sites, response should be ‘proportional’
President says Israel has right to hit back and that G7 leaders agreed to sanction Iran over missile attack; cabinet said holding off on response pending coordination with Washington
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
Ambassador Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, August 22, 2024. (Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN)
August 23, 2024, 2:10 am
Israeli ambassador to UN calls Palestinian envoy ‘a terrorist in a suit’
Danny Danon blasts Riyad Mansour for failing to denounce Hamas-led Oct. 7 slaughter; US representative urges terror group to accept ‘bridging proposal’ for hostage-ceasefire deal
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26, 2024. (AP)
July 19, 2024, 11:33 am
Closing arguments begin in Russian trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal reporter faces almost certain conviction in politicized legal system; US blasts ‘wrongful detention,’ says Russia ‘using human beings as bargaining chips’
By Kirill Zarubin
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (C) votes during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters on June 10, 2024 in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
June 11, 2024, 2:55 am
UN Security Council adopts motion urging Hamas to accept Israeli hostage-truce offer
Terror group welcomes resolution even though it has yet to accept proposal; Israel avoids publicly voicing opposition to initiative after coming out against it last week
By Jacob Magid
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York City on April 18, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
June 7, 2024, 6:00 am
Israel rejects Security Council resolution in support of its own hostage deal offer
Erdan opposes changes to wording in US initiative; pushback sure to irk Washington but unlikely to impact outcome given that Israel is not a member of the top panel
By Jacob Magid
Algeria's ambassador to the United Nations, Amar Bendjama speaks during a Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
May 29, 2024, 9:49 am
Algeria proposes UN resolution demanding end to Rafah op, ceasefire, hostage release
Country’s UN ambassador says aim of move is to ‘stop the killing in Rafah’; US envoy says waiting to see the text before responding; diplomats believe vote could be within days
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Police patrol as workers clean up anti-Israel graffiti at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus after police evicted pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters, May 2, 2024. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)
May 4, 2024, 10:27 pm
Report: Anti-Israel campus protesters were prepped for months by outside activists
WSJ finds students consulted with and received training from groups that have supported Hamas and attacks on Israel; NYT finds pro-Israel protesters started clash at UCLA
By ToI Staff
(From left) US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Algeria's Ambassador to the UN Amar Bendjama and Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun applaud during a United Nations Security Council meeting demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
March 25, 2024, 8:25 pm
UN Security Council adopts call for Gaza ceasefire, hostage release as US abstains
US argues resolution is non-binding ‘so there’s no impact on Israel’s ability to continue to go after Hamas’; indicates inclusion of call to free hostages led it to forgo veto
By Jacob Magid
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations, votes to abstain as the United Nations Security Council passed a ceasefire resolution in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, its first demand to halt fighting at UN headquarters, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
March 25, 2024, 7:01 pm
Netanyahu nixes Rafah talks after US allows UNSC resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire
Bilateral tensions appear to reach new high as US withholds veto; Jerusalem says American decision harms war effort, undermines attempts to free hostages
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: The United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution concerning a ceasefire in Gaza at UN headquarters, February 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
March 25, 2024, 8:41 am
Security Council set to vote on resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire during Ramadan
Motion, backed by Moscow, Beijing and Arab countries, follows Russia and China’s Friday veto of US resolution calling for truce and hostage release, but not a permanent ceasefire
By AP and ToI Staff
A general view shows a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, March. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
March 23, 2024, 10:25 am
UNSC vote set for Monday on new Gaza ceasefire resolution; US unlikely to back it
Council to vote on Russia and China-backed measure that Washington warns may give Hamas excuse to back out of ongoing hostage deal talks with Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
The UN Security Council meets on a motion for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal vote at UN headquarters in New York, on March 22, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
March 22, 2024, 5:21 pm
Russia, China veto US resolution at UN calling for Gaza ceasefire tied to hostage deal
Motion at Security Council sought truce lasting six weeks to allow humanitarian assistance; draft stopped short of explicitly demanding immediate end to Israeli campaign
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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