Israel, unwilling to accept a U.N. mandate, continued bombing the overcrowded southern city of Rafah and besieging Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Shortly after the vote, Biden administration officials called the resolution, No.
2728, “nonbinding,” in what appeared to be an attempt to deny its status as international law.
It was a confounding approach from an administration that allowed the resolution to go through with an abstention after vetoing three earlier ones.
But it’s just as obvious what entity can make Israel stop, and isn’t: the United States.
Persons:
“, Matthew Miller, it’s, Israel, Biden, ”
Organizations:
United Nations Security, Shifa, Biden, State Department, . Security
Locations:
Gaza, United States, Israel, Rafah, Al, Gaza City