2024-01-09T17:44:19+00:00
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/ A group of rabbis, affiliated with the “Rabbis for a Ceasefire” organization, staged a sit-in inside the UN Security Council hall in New York, today, Tuesday, carrying banners and chanting slogans demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
Protesters were seen chanting inside the United Nations Security Council hall in support of the ceasefire.
Jewish groups supporting the ceasefire, such as “Rabbis for a Ceasefire,” “Jews for Racial and Economic Justice,” and “Jewish Voice for Peace,” organized a protest march on Tuesday, according to the American “Huffington Post” website, which followed. Protest.
Sophie Elman Golan, communications director at Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, stressed that the protest was not hostile toward the United Nations, but rather came in response to the actions of the United States as part of the organization.
This protest in the Council Hall coincided with the United Nations General Assembly holding a plenary session to discuss the United States’ opposition to an amendment proposed by Russia to a draft resolution submitted by the UAE regarding the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. The American rejection came after Moscow demanded a cessation of hostilities.
The original draft text called for a “large-scale” increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza, calling on the Council to take urgent steps “to create conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.”
The resolution was adopted with the approval of 13 of the 15 members of the Council, with two abstentions (the United States and Russia), and it calls on “all parties to enable and facilitate the immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of large-scale humanitarian assistance” to Gaza, and to take “urgent” measures in this regard and “ Creating conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.