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On Wednesday, the U.S. was one of just a handful of countries to vote against a resolution in the UN General Assembly this week calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, despite the Biden administration’s supposed renewed efforts to obtain a ceasefire before Donald Trump is in office.

The resolution, which also called for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, passed the assembly 158 to 9, with 13 abstentions. Italy and Germany, which have previously abstained from similar votes, voted for a ceasefire for the first time, leaving the U.S. one of the only major world powers to not approve of a ceasefire resolution.

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[-] john89@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago
[-] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

If you voted for a democrat or republican you did vote for this

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Technically not a partisan issue, then. Maybe if people voted differently in the 2020 primaries.

[-] john89@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 days ago

Good thing I didn't vote for a democrat or republican.

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