The United States vetoed on Friday a Kuwaiti-drafted UN Security Council resolution that condemned Israel’s use of force against Palestinian civilians, underlining Washington’s differences with friends and foes alike over the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Later, a second, US-drafted resolution that blamed Hamas for the violence and upheld Israel’s right to defend itself failed to attract any other country’s … Continue reading US VETOES HIGHLY SUPPORTED UN RESOLUTION DENOUNCING ISRAELI VIOLENCE, THEN FLOPS IN TRYING TO BLAME HAMAS