JUST IN: US Ambassador To The UN Explains Veto Of Security Council Resolution On Gaza

US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke about the veto of a security council resolution on Gaza.
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[@acarlosmendesjr]

Remember everyone, this resolution was only about humanitarian issues, sending medicines, food, water, opening the border with Egypt for civilians to leave... This is what the US vetoed... Sad

[@darthvadeth6290]

That's America for you 😂

[@awesomecraftstudio]

Biden said they will support Israel unconditionally. Unconditionally meaning "no matter how many war crimes you commit"

[@samwgirl2121]

The us still sent aid. And Israel has a right to defend itself. How you don't see that, that needs to be in there too. It's like yall just want to jump on the I hate this blah blah bandwagon and not use your brains

[@thelydiaspringexperiment6437]

​@@samwgirl2121defence is not genocide.

[@user-ud6ij6tx3s]

@@samwgirl2121so why denied humanitarian assistance? Smart brain?

[@_7_october]

The country that talked a lot about these human rights is the same country that has accepted seeing children as dismembered pieces!!

[@_Bruno_Cesar_]

You know the claim of 40 dismembered children has no credible source, right? The first journalist to report it even asked for pardon, because no one even said that

[@wildemthefem5773]

Glad to see other US citizens equally pissed off by this.

[@James-oj8kq]

Don’t know why these people dress up and go to work and you arrive at work and do nothing!! Useless

[@servantofchrist2483]

UN is to show on tv which side and part the countrys are

[@ctavares3414]

This is the lowest US ever went. No justification. I’m so embarrassed 🤯😤

[@GVila2]

2 nukes dropped to Japan after they had already lost the war. Don't forget that.

[@hanteongng626]

Not the 1st, not the last.

[@EcoFustionTV]

@@GVila2 Also destroying Iraq, no wmds found

[@ZebecZT]

unfortunately the latest veto surpassed this one

[@nk4634]

How can depriving millions of water, food, medicine and electricity, while incessantly bombing a highly populated area, be considered right of self-defense?

[@dec7847]

Hey, ya'll think the UN been funding Terrorists groups without knowing it?

[@lawrencehawkins7198]

As an American I never, ever, EVER, understand America's link to Israel. At $3.8 BILLION a year, we'd be better standing on street corners giving that money to Americans. And now, Israel has the temerity to want America to give them $10 BILLION, on top of that $3.8 BILLION, this year.

[@2230957]

Oh that will never end, Biden said today he will ask congress for 100 billion USD in assistance to Ukraine/Israel

[@James-oj8kq]

forgive student loans oh no 🙈 but give away free money outside not even humanitarian aid just military aid. My god am ready to learn what is ties Israel with USA. I am beginning to think that Israel is part of America

[@DiegoDelRey1]

Israel serves as a puppet for American interests in the Middle East. One of the richest regions in resources such as petrol. If you control this region, you control the world. This is why there are countless wars and conflicts, as well as terrorist groups. Everything orchestrated by the USA with the help of the europeans. We call this Western Imperialism. 😞

[@shannoncharles2165]

Thats the thing I don't get. Why waste money on military aid? I've seen americans on the streets, some army vet. Why not help your own people with that money?

[@Meti_liu]

In fact, most of America's big business owners are Jewish,so US have to support Israel😓

[@User-mz7gr]

At first am not racist , but this black woman who’s her grandparents was suffering from slavery and dehumanisation and now she sat there and said that these oppressors who committing ethnic cleansing against Palestinian people have the right to defend themselves and used the veto to encourage them to continue killing civilians and babies in gaza , it is just unbelievable , i feel like this world is not worthy anymore to live in ! Hypocrisy everywhere

[@comrade9374]

She's just obeying her jews masters

[@ipenguin3918]

Does she get Reparations too? Why did she get the Job?

[@joelyates2404]

If it's not worthy to live in then don't. No one is stopping you.

[@User-mz7gr]

@@joelyates2404 keep barking ☺️

[@fecuper]

She is just a puppet chosen to read a role and generate false representation to soften the message.

[@sidneycovington3973]

I'm disappointed our ambassador decided to say no. I'm disgusted

[@santhugowda7179]

Ukraine 😉😉😉

[@dxd42]

12 votes for cease-fire 1 vote for massacre: United States 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@edmundcowan9131]

At least she can read what she is given

[@noelbartley1084]

huh

[@ujalaahmed2489]

Using your veto power shows how serious you are in peace!!

[@santhugowda7179]

Chinese also have veto. They will come for cease fire in India pakistan war it will be vetoed.😉😉😉😉😉

[@ahershey8523]

blah blah blah- useless talk

[@turbocharge2512]

Shame on you USA for blocking this resolution!! Every country has right to defend, that does not mean to block water , food and medicine for innocent lives

[@scottmong8763]

Want but can’t gain compliance, turn over Hamas or pay the consequences with them !!!

[@Largetalons]

They're not blocking it... They're just not handing it out. I'm sure all of the oil rich Muslim countries are falling over themselves to deliver aid.

[@itsbeyondme5560]

​@@Largetalons they are blocking it

[@Castle743]

What the HELL THE ARROGANCE OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SHAMEFUL!!! just stop the war and get help to the civillians NOW! Shameful!!!

[@rogersingh1849]

What about Palestinian right to defend itself??? Only Israel has rights?? Why brother vetoing a UN resolution if both the US and israel ignore all international rule and law??

[@jmdatrain4245]

The UN is useless, there is no such thing as "International law" "rules based system" "collective interest" ...one country is the law, their rules and their interests.

[@scottmong8763]

Seems pretty simple….. don’t want to be a casualty, get away from Hamas. Let them hide among you and protect them, don’t cry about the outcome

[@Witcher58]

@@scottmong8763 this is not about Hamas, this is about stealing other people's land... everybody knows this already

[@sadoksmine1835]

​@@scottmong8763and go where? It's closed from every side

[@zxh]

@@Witcher58people will have the truth blaring in front of them yet still remain ignorant. we are witnessing another genocide occur, with people perfectly fine it happening. this also happened in WW2 with hitler and the SS waffen.

[@charlesmori1427]

The policy of this counsel is a joke, it takes only one vote to destroy everything. This is a joke.

[@Super-og1ph]

The funniest part is that some members of the security council are more powerful in it than its president.

[@sagmcnuts]

Wow. She can read.

[@chaicrimes]

Not that well, it's Robotic.

[@Naquel21]

Cause SHE don’t even believe it but “I’m just won’t my job, I act on behalf of my orders”

[@comrade9374]

Just a slave

[@ipenguin3918]

The do screen Diversity Hires for some basic tasks. She minimally passed.

[@2230957]

@@ipenguin3918 Not that anyone with a different skin colour would have said anything different, considering she just read what was handed to her

[@ghoguet]

I don't get this, and I am an American, a Democrat even. WHY would the US NOT agree to a Cease-fire for humanitarian reasons?

[@jmdatrain4245]

You see my friend, so long as you "citizens" are in denial that your country is an aggressor, anarchist regime, and a world bully you won't get anything. Keep watching FOX, CBNC, VOA, CNN, BBC etc and you will be fed propaganda and not understand when something like this happens...as for the rest of us we would have bet on our homes that it would.

[@keiranmorrisart]

Because America has never seen a war it hasn't liked for its military industrial complex

[@qinchen7024]

The United States government believes it is humanitarian to send all Palestinians to see God

[@mikeevans7532]

Arms and oil deals are Republican interests. So Trump will only support Israel more firmly. Democrats had incentives to stop Israel, but they failed. The United States has lost control of most things. Not even Israel can be convinced. So they can only pretend they support Israel. This is the beginning of the collapse of the American order, and no one, whether Democrats or Republicans, can stop it.

[@countryboy9695]

This woman’s ancestors would be ashamed.

[@StealthTulip]

she should be ashamed ask her what she knows about her history

[@js8224]

Which would be what? That she worked her way up to represent the united states at a UN summit?

[@annamamo3645]

Seventy-Five years of talks, that amount to a lot of Bullshit in my book!

[@pedropinheiro7320]

American empire will end to! What you did to others will comeback to you! 🇵🇹❤🇵🇸

[@medicuswashington9870]

The madness made real continues.

[@ga8986]

The seal of the United States of America needs to be changed. Instead of arrows and an olive branch in the eagles talons, we need to put arrows in BOTH talons. The USA never extends the olive branch anymore.

[@jeckjeck3119]

Olive branch to whom? Terrorists?

[@gmf8171]

The olive branch should be a dog leash. No one will be be offered peace unless it comes with a dog leash.

[@ipenguin3918]

The American Age is over.

[@confusious7433]

beautifully stated. Over the years US has become a tyrant government.

[@B126USMC]

Whatever needs to be done......in OUR best interest...needs to be done.......screw the world.....let them take care of themselves......we don't need to take care of the world....we can deal with world in trade, tourism, etc., but let the countries of the world fend for themselves.....if we do provide help for any of them; they had better make it worth our time.....and if we lose any American in the process...they need to be prepared to make a life time of restitution for that lost one's family. Play by our rules.....

[@jasonwhite6463]

Neither the US or Israel have cared about the wellbeing of Palestinians in at least the past 20 years. They are not about to start now.

[@janeblue3053]

Every time Israel offers land to the Palestinians, they create an offensive attack. GOD gave the Jewish People. If you don’t believe in God, then I would understand why you would feel the way you do..

[@PsicCarlosFernandoBravo]

Unbelievable.

[@theiboy]

1 against and 12 for. is this democracy?

[@ronniechung9301]

She makes it sound like the US represents the entire UN and doing all the hard work the UN is not capable of doing.

[@woodsrdr]

The US represents the majority of money taken in by the UN. I would love to see the UN do anything without US money.

[@ipenguin3918]

@@woodsrdr They haven't paid that bill!

[@jmdatrain4245]

@@woodsrdr You are basically saying the UN is the US legitimizing it's actions good or bad through other countries...hence the notion that it is a useless body to other countries whose interests do not necessarily align with the US's. And THAT is what Putin has been saying to the rest of the world in vain...and even after this they still won't wake up and smell the BS

[@antrondon3654]

​@@woodsrdr and? do you think money gives you the authority to speak for the entire world? The US is letting innocent civilians die because it wants the credit for resolving the situation. The truth is the US is trying to save face because it's main responsible for the situation getting to this point by monopolizing the diplomatic efforts in the region just like it is doing now.

[@MatteoFitness]

@@woodsrdr no it doesn't. That's not the U.S.'s money. They're in debt trillions.

[@GScully42]

If they can't find a solution in 40 years it's time to let someone grown up take over

[@MMA-gb6to]

biden is pretty "grown up", LOL

[@tammagoti90]

And that grown up is the US I suppose? Oh please. You’re definitely not keeping up with those abovementioned 40 years of news are you

[@bsahmed1]

The Europeans have always had a ‘Jewish Problem’ throughout their history. They tried various types of isolation and extermination including ghetto establishments, pogroms, and the holocaust. Muslims never had. Jews lived freely in Palestine, Istanbul, Baghdad, Cairo, Morocco and other places for centuries. They actually flourished in Muslim Spain. Then in the late 19th centuries ideas like religious separation, liberal assimilation, socialism, communism, and others emerged. Zionism was their latest version. The same religious fanatics that persecuted the Jews throughout history began supporting Zionism. They don’t want the Jews to live amongst them. Zionists led by Theodore Hertzel held their First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland in 1897 and later British foreign secretary Balfoure made his infamous declaration in 1917, both with the same objective of solving this ‘Jewish Problem. That is how this colonial, imperial and now apartheid enterprise began. The lesson that must be learned from the holocaust is never again against anyone and not just against the Jews. The commercialization of holocaust MUST stop.

[@adriennefried5368]

Read a history book, Spain had an inquisition against Jews starting in 1492. Any Jewish who did not convert to Catholic was tortured and killed.

[@Nemsis19]

totally agree you nailed it

[@ipenguin3918]

Very well said.

[@LiberalDictate]

Smartest comment on the issue!

[@zxh]

the truth is emerging.

[@rassel9663]

Now we know why there is no peace in this world....How can a country vato peace???

[@GScully42]

UN needs a veto override

[@qandidhater673]

The votes need to carry equal weight. One nation should not be able to control the entire assembly.

[@roym4457]

@@qandidhater673 there's no veto in general assembly. there's only veto in the security council

[@qandidhater673]

@@roym4457 Why are you commenting? Wasn't there a vote on the resolution by UNSC before the US final decision? In that vote, didn't 12 of 15 members vote in favor of the resolution? And did I not state the votes should carry equal authority? The US veto power is a vote--a veto sham. It is really just a unilateral power to block all initiatives that the US disagrees with.

[@CTony-xh2ux]

WTF what have you done?? It's humanitarian aid

[@keytothegate68]

Us. Trying to get away with murder

[@kamalsakkay9760]

Welcome to the empire of lies.

[@sheikmuhammad3894]

If it were only possible to veto the veto. There is good grounds for doing so, but such will never come to pass. America really needs to get the memo; the world grows weary of its games, and will see it pay the tab before long.

[@djamalsaid-je1wz]

Criminel state to secure anther crimel state.

[@acesfullmike5371]

Americans should be ashamed of its government's actions. The US was the only vote against this U.N. resolution. UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States vetoed a U.N. resolution Wednesday that would have condemned Hamas’ attacks against Israel and all violence against civilians and urged humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 votes in favor, the United States against and two abstentions.

[@rennyskiathitis8178]

That just proves how morally bankrupt the UN is.

[@Not-a-GSD]

@@rennyskiathitis8178 You mean the United States when it comes to protect the Israeli war criminals.

[@synologyonline]

I'm American. And very much ashamed of how this government represents us.

[@Tinman964]

Nothing more then taking heads.

[@confusious7433]

​@@rennyskiathitis8178not UN but US is

[@m.a.5216]

Every country should hold Israel and the US Accountable!

[@thubandra963]

Americans can't even hold their own Reps accountable. The sorriest Congress in the history of the US! If there were only two countries in the world and two kings, they would send their people to war with each other. If there were 50 people in a space station, two of them would vote to shut off the oxygen for the good of everybody. Fun never stops!

[@jmdatrain4245]

The Trillion dollar question is how?

[@Supreme_1906]

Shamefull...

[@comments2840]

Shameful

[@Milannnnnnonline]

SHAME !!!

[@LMLewis]

Basically, the US vetoed the resolution because it didn't side with the Israeli government's assertion of unlimited rights to attack Gaza and simply called for humanitarian relief for civilians, without taking sides. It's appalling, and doubly so because a woman who is representative of a race subjected to apartheid in the US is defending the apartheid policies of Israel.

[@user-qn8uc2hl9n]

You need to educate your self and read the history of the crimes done by Israel to the Palestinian 🇵🇸

[@mimimiraj7351]

Hard work for democracy... Here in the USA??? FJB FBN

[@falconid6675]

Just as Putin invaded Ukraine and vetoed the United Nations despite worldwide condemnation, Russia and the U.S. differ on the amount of money rather than morale

[@einnAnnie]

Putin's invasion of Ukraine was provoked by the US and NATO. It was the UK and the US who pushed Ukraine to refuse peace talks with Russia. Putin does not want war, just the folks who are getting rich off it do.

[@omarmattis9069]

The world didn't condemned Putin, that's a big fat lie. A small minority of western propagandist did

[@59vlada]

Can't compare those two. Besides, there was no "worldwide condemnation", in fact, better part of the world did not condemn RF action. They were, obviously, better informed than you...

[@rickjames18]

@@59vlada That isn't true, the UN literally walked out on the RF more than once and YES they condemned the Russian attack on Ukraine. Most the countries voted against Russia in several votes So yes, you need to get better informed. Look it up, stop spreading false information.

[@confusious7433]

Take away veto power from all these colonial and imperial powers.

[@Naquel21]

This isn’t self defense, and I’m starting to not believe in this festival attack story. Look at the videos carefully…

[@acutelilmint8035]

I think it did happpen.. but not the way it’s portrayed.. 6 hours to get there.. mmm right next to a military base.. just saying Massive cencorship they did that with covid and hte jab too

[@Naquel21]

@@acutelilmint8035 if it did, still seeming very false flaggy

[@ezpz9340]

​​@@acutelilmint8035also 1200 hamas soldiers against 15000 zionists terrorist soldiers

[@Sara-cx5it]

Beyond shameless!

[@ggvoota]

Let em duke it out aint got nothing to do with america

[@salq6127]

well actually you helped create and support this state since its inception .. so yeah you have everything to do with it.

[@moodblanc8345]

Sending weapons and money and even veto against stopping the war and nothing to do with america ? Just remember my words my friend The day will come and every one will pay for their actions

[@salq6127]

they also just said they are now fighting the new axis of evil .. and guess who will fight their war for them .. best put on yer Fighting pants it's time go home to jesus

[@vanesrak]

"This is America!"

[@ahmafalimo2418]

They better dismantle this type of U.N

[@UnknownHdbch]

Good to see Americans are as mad as the rest of the World on US government’s veto.

[@OnlineGamers248]

You have blood of all Palestinian and jews

[@salq6127]

you are literally still a slave .. its just that they've made you not feel it so ..

[@frankfeng4728]

This is shameless. We are not on a moral high ground. Never ever lecture other countries on human rights as it would be disgusting.

[@mytorment]

US representative, could you please identify your learned representative sitting two chairs behind to your right?? That is all, thank you

[@moodblanc8345]

Blood on your hands 🩸🩸🩸 Never forget never forgive

[@missj.4760]

Shame on you USA!

[@siddickramjan4379]

Shame on you everyday when they killed Palestinian

[@guhoya19]

Let me translate: we’re on the ground blocking the needed humanitarian aid. Give us some time so ppl die from lack of food, water, and medical supplies. Let it play out.

[@yahussain39]

Equal justice for Palestine and iseral how is iseral talking over the land of Palestine Equal.

[@Young09Ro]

I hate how they use this woman as a shield for accountability

[@13888.]

Israel has the right to self defense true , but it doesn’t entail the right to kill innocent children ( kids don’t vote) how is the Israel government actions better than Hamas the only difference I see the religion of the victims and perpetrators. Which should not be taking into account to judge their crimes. WE ARE ALL EQUAL!!!!

[@siddickramjan4379]

Allah is sufficient for them

[@mimimiraj7351]

For all of Creation.

[@-.-djfjfied]

This time even Allah is not supporting

[@user-rt2mh9op2r]

support Palestine from Japan🇵🇸🇯🇵

[@assiabelilita28]

Shame on you america

[@aldymcpndg14]

The least thing, the bare minimum a proponent of so called democracy and humanity can do. Theres need an immediate pause for humanitarian action.

[@dxd42]

United States wants Blood.

[@PubliusUSA]

Crimes against humanity are not protected by a nation's right to defend itself.

[@kameff]

When the fate of humanity was placed in the devil's hands.....what else are you expecting?

[@Socratic199]

What resolution did we veto?

[@Bateman48174]

I believe it was the humanitarian pause of conflict in Israel.

[@vitorkunz]

The creation of humanitarian corridors to gaza and the possibility of a ceasefire in the future with un peacekeepers

[@mytorment]

She's the best at being worst, what a rhetorical set up, "we must let the 'diplomacy' continue 😭😭😭😭"

[@BIBIWCICC]

We need all countries to have the power of veto, this is an outdated rule that needs to be changed.

[@QuestforaMeaningfulLife]

Ilan Pappé: “This is one of the most bizarre speeches I ever heard. It was full of moral argument that if you came out from Mars you would say oh, OK, in the end of the speech, this representative would surely call for a ceasefire, end of hostilities. And the concluding remark of this speech was “and therefore we veto the call for a ceasefire.” Which is I've never heard it before. American politics had some absurd speeches in its history. This was the worst kind.”

[@sami23alarabi]

blah blah blah

[@ishubaba4202]

Was her speech made in Tel Aviv ?

[@Zeus-gm2hk]

Black women standing for Colonizers🤣 What an irony

[@muahhidurrahman6126]

# FREE PLASTANIN

[@sumaiyafathima2294]

Madam you are complicit in your actions and have blood of all those children on your hands in failing in your duty.

[@domokun845]

Does she understand what she means when she says "let the diplomacy play out?" Basically let the genocide play out...sick.

[@mayoliverfran]

We were talking about humanitarian aid, we don't need to justify any self-defense attack or anything like that through this UN proposal. -- SHAME.

[@abdulraheemmbk9033]

What to say, barefaced, just barefaced!

[@siddickramjan4379]

We don't need actors

[@thelydiaspringexperiment6437]

Its time to end veto rights, and make un voting anonymous, so big countries can't pressure small countries how to vote. Secret ballot only!

[@83lman]

Why are we standing with Israel why they never stand with us

[@js8224]

Explain.

[@2090AJames]

Wow, how disgusting

[@narjessbenhamouda7071]

Ils savent qu'ils mentent. Ils savent que nous savons qu'ils mentent. Nous savons qu'ils savent que nous savons qu'ils mentent. Et, pourtant, ils persistent à mentir.

[@didou2876]

Cela s'appelle le mépris.

[@siddickramjan4379]

Always discuss condenm very comics

[@yulolaya5235]

This is the Veto that will be remembered as the Veto that fueled the escalation of war from Gaza to the whole of Middle East...

[@lw1zfog]

In 1949, the cornerstone for the U.N. headquarters building was laid near the East River in mid-Manhattan. Nelson Rockefeller arranged for the purchase, after an initial offer to locate it on the Rockefeller family estate in Westchester County was rejected as being too far from New York City. The $83.4 million purchase - as adjusted to reflect current dollars - was funded by Nelson Rockefeller’s father, John D. Rockefeller Jr., who donated the land to the city.

[@spankylb]

This is like Bush after Katrina 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@cananberkmen6521]

THE TRUTH IS DIFFERENT ,,, LIES ARE DIFFERENT ,,, Sir...

[@Itiswhatitis2024]

Self-defense is when someone attacks you and you defend your self against them but what they are doing is abusing their power & have been for decades

[@jenniferjemison636]

As a black person you should know better. Yes, we mourn losses on both sides but you are missing the point. It seems you are just parroting what you were required to do. Where is your critical thinking about the situation? You are an embarrassment to a race of people who understands oppression when we see it. You should say this is not your opinion but those of your employer.😢😢

[@noelbartley1084]

Your point?

[@jenniferjemison636]

@@noelbartley1084 ...and your point is??

[@zhichaoyuan4496]

so sick

[@tahidhanna]

Why dont non western nations with draw from un, its not fit for purpose

[@timpoon1169]

an occupying force doesnt usually have any rights to self defence

[@rizwanhussain9244]

This lady has blood on her hands!

[@Purple19-mz2oo]

Did she forget her brothers and sisters used to get lynched on the trees 50 yrs ago? 😡