The resolution calls for urgent steps to allow humanitarian access and a sustainable cessation of hostilities, but it's unclear how willing Israel and Hamas are to find a resolution. The current Israeli policy is determined by Netanyahu's desire to stay in power.
It’s not clear how willing Israel or Hamas are to find a resolution to end the war, writes Michael Day A picture taken from southern Israel bordering the Gaza Strip on Friday shows smoke billowing following Israel i bombardment (Photo: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty)”, to the chagrin of most, if not all 14 other Security Council members. Even then, the US merely abstained in the vote. As did Russia, after a last-minute amendment by Moscow was rejected.
Instead, the resolution, now watered down from the UAE’s original proposal, calls for “urgent steps to immediately allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and also for creating the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities”. The resolution effectively calls for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to scale back some fighting to allow in vital aid, with greater UN involvement in its supply. But it’s not clear how willing“I think that current Israeli policy is determined by Netanyahu wanting to stay in power as long as possible,” says Bar-Joseph. “And if he can prolong the war, he probably wil
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