The American resolution emphasizing the “need” of a ceasefire “immediate” in the Gaza Strip was rejected by the UN Security Council, meeting in New York on Friday March 22, after a veto from Russia and China. The Russian ambassador to the United Nations denounced a text “hypocritical” which does not directly call for silencing the guns. The American draft resolution, which insists on accompanying the end of the fighting between Israel and Hamas with the release of the hostages, received 11 votes for, three votes against (Russia, China and Algeria) and one abstention (Guyana). . Follow our live stream.
France ready to propose a resolution. Lto France is preparing its own resolution in favor of a ceasefire, which it intends to present to the United Nations Security Council. Lhe Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stéphane Séjourné, plans to go to Egypt on Saturday and Sunday to plead in favor of the text, franceinfo learned from a highly placed diplomatic source.
The Jewish state announces the seizure of 800 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli government announced on Friday the seizure of 800 hectares of land in the Jordan Valley, in the occupied West Bank, the same day as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Israel. This seizure of land in Palestinian territory is the largest since the Oslo Accords in 1993, according to the Israeli organization Peace Now.
US Secretary of State arrives in Tel Aviv. Antony Blinken will meet Friday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The head of American diplomacy should emphasize the urgency of increasing humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip and urge Israel not to launch a major ground offensive in Rafah. The head of American diplomacy must also participate in a meeting of the Israeli war cabinet.