US vetoes Gaza resolution
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The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate end to military operations in Gaza and a pullout of Israeli forces.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice failed to secure a pledge from Israel to ease restrictions on the beleaguered Palestinian territories as she ended a visit aimed at breathing life into the moribund Middle East peace process.
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The House voted Tuesday to further choke off the flow of U.S. aid to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority, drawing the displeasure of the Bush administration and dividing the pro-Israel lobbying community.
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The United States plans to lift a ban on direct aid to the emergency government that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is forming following Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip, Washington's envoy said on Saturday.
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Israel blocked Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from carrying $35 million into Gaza on Thursday, allowing the Hamas leader to return from fund-raising in Muslim countries only after he left the money behind.
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Arab nations want the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding Israel stop a major offensive in the Gaza Strip, but the United States raised objections at an emergency meeting on Monday.
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China and Russia on Friday  vetoed a U.S. resolution calling on Myanmar's military junta to  stop persecution of minority and opposition groups, killing the  measure in the U.N. Security Council.
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The United States called the resolution condemning Israel for its incursion into the Gaza Strip "lopsided and unbalanced" because it failed to mention Palestinian rocket attacks against civilians.
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The US House of Representatives has voted to deny all aid to Saudi Arabia, despite repeated assurances by the administration the desert kingdom was cooperating with the United States in the war on terror.
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Israel has blocked a U.N. fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip that was to be led by Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu, officials said Monday.
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The Palestinians have decided not to bring a draft resolution condemning Israel&#39;s military operation in the northern Gaza
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An amendment to set a timetable for US troop withdrawal was defeated Wednesday.
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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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Sudan on Wednesday rejected a US-sponsored UN Security Council draft resolution to punish it over a conflict in its western Darfur region, saying the measure was unfair and lacked balance.
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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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The United States on Thursday toned down a resolution on Sudan to win support from China, Russia and other Security Council members who fear the threat of sanctions against Khartoum could complicate efforts to end the looting and killing in the Darfur region.
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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.