The US calls on Iran to halt the alleged arms supply to the Palestinian Resistance while it fuels the Israeli occupation with arms packages amid the ongoing aggression on Gaza.
A draft UN Security Council resolution has been proposed by the US, claiming that “Israel” has the right to “self-defense”, and demanding Iran stop exporting arms to “militias and terrorist groups threatening peace and security across the region.”
Viewed by Reuters, the draft text urges for civilian protection while asking states to comply with international law and calls for the “continuous, sufficient, and unhindered” delivery of aid to Gaza.
For a resolution to pass, it requires at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, the US, France, or the UK.
This follows as a possible counter-proposal after the US vetoed a Brazilian draft on Wednesday that urged humanitarian pauses between the parties to allow aid access to Gaza.
The veto was attempted to be justified by US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, stating that more time was needed for diplomacy on the ground amid US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the region.
Thomas-Greenfield expressed that the US was disappointed that Brazil did not mention “Israel’s” right to self-defense. The US claims in its draft text that “Israel” has that right under Article 51 of the founding UN Charter.
Article 51 articulates the individual or collective right of states to self-defense against an armed attack that must immediately inform the 15-member Security Council of any action.
On October 7, when Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was launched, “Israel” told the UNSC it would “act in any way necessary to protect its citizens and sovereignty from the ongoing terrorist attacks originating from the Gaza Strip.”
Source: Almayadeen