Posted on June 1, 2021.
The armed conflict between Israel and Palestine will not end. Israel has launched large-scale airstrikes on Gaza and the number of civilian casualties continues to rise. The international community must do everything in its power to achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible.
The U.N. Security Council has held a series of emergency meetings but hasn’t been able to issue a statement calling for a ceasefire. The U.S., a permanent member of the Security Council with veto power, has taken the position to defend Israel and has been opposing the proposed U.N. Security Council resolutions.
Even as it pays lip service to a two-state solution, the international community particularly the United States has largely acquiesced to the Israeli-imposed status quo in Gaza and East Jerusalem by exempting both areas from the political and diplomatic process.
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Israeli air strikes kill 42 more Palestinians, taking the toll to 188
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GAZA: One-hundred and eighty-eight Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed after Israel intensified its attack on Gaza as the UN Security Council prepared to meet amid global alarm at the escalating attacks.
According to Gaza health officials, 16 women and 10 children were killed in the air strikes which also targeted the home of a Hamas leader.
Israel said Sunday morning its continuing wave of strikes had in the past 24 hours struck over 90 targets across Gaza, where the destruction of a building housing news media organisations sparked an international outcry.