Russian diplomat: America disagrees with the whole world about the need for a ceasefire in Gaza

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, announced that, apart from the Zionist regime, the United States is the only country that stands in front of the entire international community, which emphasizes the need to end the conflicts in the Gaza Strip. and opposes the ceasefire. Meanwhile, the work on the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should start as soon as possible and now. At the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, he said: “Unfortunately, so far our numerous efforts, together with like-minded colleagues, to achieve the adoption of a resolution calling for an immediate nationwide ceasefire, at least for humanitarian purposes, have met with strong opposition from the United States.” This policy of Washington stems from its unilateral and selfish positions aimed at dominating the Middle East settlement process and covering up any action by its regional ally, Israel. In fact, the United States today is the only country in the world that, alongside Israel, opposes the international consensus that there is no alternative to a humanitarian halt to the attacks on Gaza.”

Russia’s concern about the escalation of the situation in the West Bank and the risk of the conflict spreading to the entire region

The Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations also He pointed out the risk of escalation of conflicts between Palestine and Israel and reminded that Moscow is following the tense situation in the West Bank with concern. Nebenzia added: “We are following with concern the current tensions in the West Bank, where against the background of Israel’s bloody cleansing of the Gaza Strip, brutal attacks by extremist settlers and raids by Israeli security forces continue, and the threat of not only expanding the dimensions of the humanitarian disaster in the land The occupation of Palestine, but the spread of the crisis throughout the Middle East region is serious.” In addition, the violence surrounding [Palestine] has fueled tensions in Iraq and Yemen, and Egypt and Jordan are facing an unprecedented risk of mass migration of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.”

Israel had started its military operations in the West Bank a long time ago

According to the permanent representative of Russia, Israel’s military operation in the West Bank had started long before October 7 without any connection with the pretext of terrorist threats. Vasiliy Nebenzia added in the Security Council meeting: “In the context of the increase in violence in the West Bank, we separately emphasize that the numerous Israeli military operations in this part of the occupied Palestinian territories began long before the October 7 terrorist attack, which, again, emphasizes I agree, it has been categorically condemned and has nothing to do with the terrorist threat, with the slogan of which the Israelis are carrying out ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip on an unprecedented scale of casualties and destruction.”

The diplomat recalled that the number of victims of the war in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 21,000 people and the number of UN deaths has reached 144, including the staff of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, the World Health Organization and United Nations Development Program. In addition, 311 medical personnel and 103 journalists were victims of Israeli attacks. He continued: “This is while the confiscation of Palestinian properties and the destruction of their houses continues. West Jerusalem continues to seek to create an illegal line for the expansion of Jewish settlements. Palestinian and Israeli values ​​and condemns the October 7 attack, but cannot consider it as a justification for mass punishment of Palestinian civilians and remain silent on this matter.

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