Palestinian Foreign Minister: US Veto A ‘Moral Blunder’

Rasa - Palestine’s Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki on Saturday blasted Washington veto of a UN resolution calling for the protection of Palestinians as a “moral blunder”.

News ID: 438039

Date: 03 June 2018 - 21:26

RNA - The US veto “is another moral blunder… and political blindness,” al-Malki said, adding that “it ignores the international consensus on the crimes and practices committed by Israel and is completely biased”, Anadolu Agency reported.

Al-Malki stressed that Palestinian diplomacy “will do its best to ensure accountability for the Israeli war criminals and achieving justice for the Palestinian people”.

Kuwait submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council condemning Israeli violence and calling for "protection of the Palestinian people" in Gaza and the West Bank.

The US on Friday vetoed the resolution. Ten countries voted in favor, while the UK, Poland, the Netherlands and Ethiopia abstained.

The resolution, which was revised three times and was said to have been “watered down”, previously called for international protection for the Palestinian people.

The final draft called for “the consideration of measures to guarantee the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilian population in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in the Gaza Strip”.

Since March, at least 120 Palestinians have been martyred and thousands more injured by Israeli army gunfire during anti-occupation protests near the Gaza-Israel security fence.

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