Trump admin stands by Israel, rejects U.N. resolution backed by UK and France

"The U.S. rejected a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, standing by Jerusalem. France, the U.K., Russia and China all supported the resolution, which received 14 votes in favor and one vote against, meaning it was not adopted by the council.

‘It is inexplicable that many members of this council still refuse to acknowledge that Hamas could end this conflict tomorrow by surrendering and laying down its arms. It is unconscionable that the U.N. still has not labeled and sanctioned Hamas as a terrorist organization,’ U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Dorothy Shea said.

In her remarks, Shea also stated that the Security Council could not ‘reward Hamas’ intransigence’ after the terror group rejected multiple ceasefire proposals.

Hamas was not condemned in the draft resolution, which only included a demand that terror organizations in Gaza release the remaining 58 hostages...

Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust Anne Bayefsky slammed the resolution and its ‘obscene equation between the hostages — who have been starved, tortured and executed over the past 19 months — and Palestinian prisoners convicted of heinous crimes.’

However, Bayefsky argued that the resolution was not just about the U.N. attacking Israel, it’s about members of the international body taking a swipe at President Donald Trump.

‘Make no mistake, this is an attack on the United States, and President Trump in particular, by the French and the British, who are attempting to use the United Nations to sideline and belittle the U.S.,’ Bayefsky told Fox News Digital.

Shea also had a warning for the world body. ‘Engaging in this performative process at a time when serious questions are being asked about the utility of the U.N., its funding and use of resources is shameful. This council should not be used in this way. This council must hold itself to a higher standard.’..."