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Russia and China veto U.S. resolution on Gaza over failure to explicitly demand ceasefire

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on March 22, 2024 by Tanupriya Singh (more by Peoples Dispatch) | (Posted Mar 25, 2024)

As Israel prepares for a ground invasion of Rafah, the U.S.-authored resolution presented to the UN Security Council merely noted an “imperative” for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Algeria, Russia, and China rejected the resolution, stating that it had failed to deliver on the core demand for a ceasefire.