US Vetoes UN Resolution Demanding Israel Halt Gaza Incursion
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The US vetoed a resolution in the United Nations Security Council demanding that Israel end military operations in the northern Gaza Strip and withdraw its forces, saying the text failed
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The United States is pushing for prompt UN Security Council approval of a resolution threatening sanctions against Sudan for failing to protect civilians in Darfur.
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The State Department called on Israel Friday to limit its military response to a rocket attack by Hamas that killed two small Israeli children.
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The Bush administration is pushing for approval of a Mideast cease-fire resolution from the U.N. Security Council, but is warning the action is unlikely to put an immediate stop to the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict.
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The United States withheld judgment Tuesday on whether Israel's plans to build 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank violate the U.S-led Middle East peace plan.
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UNITED NATIONS Oct. 5, 2004 - The United States said Tuesday a draft Security Council resolution by Arab states demanding and end to a large-scale Israeli offensive in Gaza was not balanced and vowed that the measure will not go forward.
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Israel eased a blockade of Gaza imposed in retaliation for militant rocket attacks, allowing in some food and fuel Tuesday after the UN warned that international food aid to the impoverished territory may have to be suspended by the weekend
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The United States on Tuesday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate end to Israeli military operations in the Gaza strip that have cost some 68 Palestinian lives.
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UNITED NATIONS,â Security Council veto number 29 on the part of the United States against a draft resolution in favor of the rights of the Palestinian people has once again exposed the incapacity of this body, PL reports.
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The United States pressed Sudan's  government on Monday to stop its latest military action in the  western Darfur region and remove any obstacles preventing full  deployment of U.N.-African Union peacekeepers.
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THE White House has given its backing to the Israeli parliamentâs approval to withdraw Jewish settlers from Gaza. The United States government said the controversial move was a step forward in peacemaking with the Palestinians.
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Lebanon accused the United States on Saturday of blocking a U.N. Security Council statement calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, saying the impotence of the United Nations&#039; most powerful body sent the wrong signal to small countries and the Arab world.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The United States hopes  Israel will quickly end its massive offensive in Gaza without  expanding the operation, Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Monday.
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The Islamic militant group Hamas accused  the United States on Thursday of trying to thwart European  efforts to ease an economic blockade of a new Palestinian unity  government.
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United Nations - The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council, which would have called on Israel to end its deadly military operation in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel blocks a UN mission to Gaza that was to be led by Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, the UN says.
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The UN Security Council called an emergency meeting Monday at the request of Arab nations to consider a resolution demanding an immediate halt to a major Israeli offensive in the northern Gaza Strip.