Yesterday, Monday, the UN Security Council approved a draft resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and the United States did not object to the resolution, but why?

According to the information received about the reasons for the United States not using the veto, one word was modified in the text of the draft resolution, which was approved by 14 countries, with one country abstaining from voting, namely the United States.

According to the information, the sponsors of the resolution sought to include the phrase “sustainable ceasefire” or permanent sustainable ceasefire in the draft resolution, which was rejected by the United States, and its inclusion in the resolution almost led to its veto.

 For this reason, in the final text, this phrase was replaced by another, which is “permanent, not absolute,” and the word “lasting” was replaced by permanent, according to what was reported by the Russia Today Al-Akhbar website.

This change to the word led to the United States abstaining from using the veto, and merely abstaining from voting on the draft resolution, which angered Israel, even though the American representative to the Security Council, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, considered it “non-binding on Israel,” while John Kirby, President of the Security Council, considered it The nationalist at the White House, in a press conference, issued a “non-binding decision” and therefore would have “no impact at all on Israel’s ability to continue pursuing Hamas.”

According to Russia Today, the Russian Deputy Representative to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky, expressed his surprise at the United States’ statements, which considered the UN Security Council resolution on Gaza “non-binding.”

It is noteworthy that the United States objected to 4 previous ceasefire attempts in Gaza, and used its veto against all of them.