Diyar Guldogan
March 26, 2024•Update: March 26, 2024
WASHINGTON
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "upset" following the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution on a cease-fire in Gaza, US Senator Bernie Sanders said Monday.
"Netanyahu is upset. He cancelled a delegation to DC because the U.S. abstained from a resolution calling for a ceasefire," Sanders said on X.
"But he’s not so upset that he’ll turn down $3.3B in taxpayer dollars to fund his immoral war. No more money for Netanyahu to starve Palestinian children," he added.
His remarks came after the UN Security Council passed a resolution Monday demanding a cease-fire in Gaza during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which began on March 11 and is set to end on April 9.
Fourteen council members voted in favor of the resolution, which was presented by 10 elected members of the body, while the US abstained.
Netanyahu called off an official visit for a top delegation to Washington after the US failed to veto the resolution.
Israel has waged a deadly military offensive on the Palestinian territory since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed.
More than 32,333 Palestinians have since been killed and over 74,694 injured amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.
The Israeli war has pushed 85% of Gaza’s population into internal displacement amid acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine, while 60% of the enclave's infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.
Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.
