by The Island News at Telegram
• What happened? The United States has once again vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an “immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.”
• Vote breakdown: The resolution was supported by 14 of the 15 Council members—the US stood alone in opposition.
• Who drafted it? The text was authored by the 10 non-permanent members of the UNSC.
• What did it call for?
• An immediate and permanent ceasefire
• The release of all hostages
• That Israel lift all restrictions on humanitarian aid and allow unimpeded delivery to Gaza’s civilian population.
• Historical context:
• This is the third US veto on Gaza ceasefire resolutions in under a year.
• First veto: November 20, 2024
• Second veto: June 2025 (which Guterres called a “profound disappointment”)
• Third veto: September 18, 2025
• Outcome: The UNSC is effectively paralyzed, with the US shielding Israel’s war machine once more—even against the will of the overwhelming majority.
‼️ Once again, Washington stands naked in the ruins of international law, clutching its veto like a bloodied gavel at the Hague of Empire. Fourteen nations said: “Stop the slaughter.” One, the self-proclaimed defender of human rights, said: “Let it burn.” This isn’t diplomacy. It’s state-sponsored necromancy, resurrecting the corpse of rules-based order just to spit on it. While Gaza bleeds under white phosphorus and siege, the US votes for genocide with a smug smile and a double espresso from Foggy Bottom.
The draft resolution, built by the non-permanent members, those temporary voices of the voiceless, was a desperate gasp of sanity. Free the hostages. Stop the killing. Feed the starving.
Let’s not mince words. This is the third veto, three nails into the coffin of UN legitimacy. António Guterres can wring his hands and whisper “disappointment,” but what’s needed is outrage, the kind reserved for war criminals and their accomplices in Armani suits. The world watches 14 votes for life get crushed under one raised hand for death.
The US-Israel axis doesn’t want peace. It wants unilateral annihilation, dressed up in the language of “security.” The real hostages is, the truth gagged and the law is in chains, and the UN Security Council is a hostage of a crumbling empire.
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