The United States has vetoed a United Nations resolution condemning Israel for the deaths of three UN staff in Gaza and the West Bank.
The resolution, sponsored by Syria, also censured the destruction of a UN World Food Programme warehouse in Gaza.
The US described the wording of the motion, sponsored by Syria, as “one-sided”.
Only the five permanent members of the Security Council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - have a right of veto.
British aid worker Iain Hook, 54, worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), and was shot dead in the Jenin refugee camp in late November.
The Israelis said that their soldiers mistook Hook’s cellphone for a weapon, after gunmen entered a UN compound.
But the UN says that Israeli soldiers in the area were under no threat at the time, and that the army delayed an ambulance, leaving Hook to bleed to death.
US vetos any action against Occupier Israel!
Shock Horror america vetos another motion condeming ISrael for killing UN staff. As for the Israeli saying they mistook cellphone for a gun how short sighted are these so called soldiers sheeeeeeeesh! :eek: