(TSN): On Feb 20 at a United Nations gathering U S. Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield was the lone vote against a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine war in international community. As someone who is gravely aware of the atrocities of the war, she offered a clear explanation as to why the Y.S. is not prepared to call for the end of the war. The reason is that the hostage negotiation would be at stake even moreso. As VIce Pres. Haras reiterated on Sunday on Selma the US will support a temporary ceasefire. In reading between the lines you will see in Greenfield's response that the risk would be losing the communication that is currentlly happening. She said, "We cannot support a resolution that would put sensitive negotiations in jeopardy, we look forward to engaging on a text that we believe will address so many of the concerns we all share: A text that can and should be adopted by the Council, so that we can have a temporary ceasefire as soon as practicable, based on the formula of all hostages being released.
This temporary ceasefire is critical to getting aid into the hands of Palestinian civilians who desperately, desperately need it.
We should look towards this text so that we can finally, finally, condemn Hamas for their horrific attacks on October 7, which set this conflict into motion; so that we can empower Senior Coordinator Kaag and the United Nations, because her success, is the UN’s success; and it is so very needed to ensure civilians get the aid that they need, more efficiently and effectively, and just more, period. And so that, ultimately, we can together help create a future in which Israelis and Palestinians live in states of their own, side by side, in peace."
The situation is extremely sensitive and.thus is the best approach according to our security team.