US Vetoes UN Measure Demanding Israel Leave Gaza
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The United States on Tuesday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate end to Israeli military operations in the Gaza strip that have cost some 68 Palestinian lives.
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Israel is resisting pressure from the Palestinians to set a strict timetable for implementing any statehood principles agreed at a U.S.-sponsored conference, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.
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Several UN Security Council members objected on Thursday to a US draft resolution that threatens oil sanctions against Sudan but they supported a large
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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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Arab nations want the UN Security Council to demand Israel stop a major offensive in the Gaza Strip in a draft resolution to be considered at an emergency meeting late.
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The Bush administration is pushing for approval of a Mideast cease-fire resolution from the U.N. Security Council, but is warning the action is unlikely to put an immediate stop to the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict.
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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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The US says it will lift sanctions against Palestinians once a new cabinet without Hamas is sworn in.
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Israel on Wednesday rejected demands from visiting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that it immediately lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon and withdraw its forces once 5,000 international troops are deployed.
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JABALIYA, Gaza Strip, October 5 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - As the United Nations was set to vote Tuesday, October 5, on a resolution calling on Israel to halt its bloodiest onslaught on Gaza in years, Israelâs occupation army pressed ahead
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The United States said it will push for a vote on its UN resolution on the bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region, and offered strong words in the face of a possible veto from China.
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The United States vetoed a Security Council resolution condemning Israel for its incursion into the Gaza Strip, calling the resolution &quot;lopsided and unbalanced&quot; because
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By Saul Hudson SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The United States hopesIsrael will quickly end its massive offensive in Gaza withoutexpanding the operation, Secretary of State Colin Powell saidon Monday.
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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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Bush administration officials said yesterday that the United States and Israel disagree over a key clause in last year&#39;s &quot;road map&quot; peace plan  an Israeli pledge to freeze Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s cabinet passed a bill on the nuts and bolts of pulling out of occupied Gaza Sunday, a day before he seeks approval from Israel&#39;s parliament for his withdrawal plan.
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The U.S. and Israel have agreed to reject any Palestinian government that does not meet the conditions set by the so-called Mideast Quartet, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to meet separately Sunday with Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas before a three-way summit with both of them on Monday.