UNITED NATIONS (AN) — The United States prevented U.N. Security Council diplomats from issuing a statement on Sunday calling for an immediate cease-fire in the latest eruption of violence, the worst since 2014's Gaza War, between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.
At an emergency online session of the 15-nation council, China, Norway and Tunisia gained near-unanimous backing for their proposed statement but failed to win approval from Israel's ally, the United States, one of five permanent veto-wielding members of the United Nations' most powerful body. China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom hold the other four permanent seats.
