Dueling U.N. votes on Gaza both fail

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published 2 June 2018

The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Friday which would have offered "international protection" for Palestinian civilians in Gaza after 119 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces in protests this spring.

"Because this resolution is wildly inaccurate in its characterization of recent events in Gaza, and because it would harm any efforts towards peace, the United States will oppose it and will veto it if necessary," said U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley. After the measure, introduced by Kuwait, received 10 of 15 Security Council votes — enough to pass absent American opposition — Haley cited it as "proof" that "the U.N. is hopelessly biased against Israel."

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.