"For the second week in a row, the US on Friday blocked a UN Security Council statement calling for an independent probe into deadly clashes on the Gaza-Israel border while supporting the right of Palestinians to 'demonstrate peacefully.'
Palestinian envoy to the UN Riyad Mansour claimed on Friday evening that 14 of the 15 Security Council members approved of the statement, with the lone holdout being the US, according to AFP. UN Security Council statements need to be approved by the five permanent members: the US, Russia, Britain, France and China.
After Kuwait circulated the draft statement, Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon called on the Security Council instead to condemn Hamas for endangering the lives of children by using them as human shields and to 'stop the provocations that only increase the violence and the tension.'
'These riots were shown already last week to be violent outbursts and not peaceful protests,' Danon said..."