International outrage continues to grow after the United States unilaterally blocked a widely supported UN Security Council resolution that would have admitted the state of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations. The US was the only country to veto the resolution, while even its staunch allies Britain and Switzerland abstained and 12 of the 15 Security Council members voted in favour.

Condemnation of the U.S. at the UN Security Council

This duplicitous and unprincipled policy by the Biden administration provoked the anger and righteous indignation of the Palestinians, who came down hard on Washington for vetoing the resolution. The Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, reacted harshly, saying: “The fact that this resolution was not adopted will not break our will or nullify our determination”. After the shameful vote by the “democratic” US, he said: ‘We will not cease our efforts. A Palestinian state is inevitable. It is real. You may see it as something far away, but we see it as something close. The administration of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also lashed out at Washington, calling its veto “unfair, unethical and unjustified”. He described the US move as “blatant aggression … that pushes the region further to the brink”.

Palestinian resistance groups have also expressed their outrage at Washington’s cynical and unprincipled policy. Hamas, whose militias are bravely fighting the Israeli occupation forces, angrily condemned the US for denying the Palestinians full UN membership. The statement called on the international community to “support the struggle of our Palestinian people and their legitimate right to determine their own destiny”.

It should be said that condemnation of the US for its policy of double standards has also been expressed in many countries around the world. This has been particularly evident in the states of the Global South, which, in condemning Washington, claim that all this is a clear continuation of the former Anglo-French colonialist policy. In the current context, the Biden administration, unable to find a more just course, continues the former policy of the European colonialists towards the Palestinians and their legitimate right to establish the state of Palestine.

The U.S. is totally isolated

Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, directly and rightly accused the US of using its veto power to turn a blind eye to “Israeli crimes”........

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