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It's the Brian Larrow Show on WNYC. Good morning everyone.

So the Biden administration, if you missed it,

proposed what it argued was a very reasonable Israel-Hamace

ceasefire resolution in the UN Security Council on Friday.

It was vetoed by Russia and China.

Previously, the US had vetoed a cease-fire resolution proposed by Algeria

because the US said it did not condemn the

October 7th attack by Hamas. The United States resolution was criticized for

not explicitly condemning Israel's military operation.

Also, the Algeria resolution had called for an immediate ceasefire

and return of all the hostages.

The U.S. resolution was a little more vague on immediacy and that seems to be an issue.

The text of the resolution said it quote, determines the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire.

Critics say that doesn't quite call for a ceasefire right now,

and what determines the imperative for one even mean.

And Russia accused Biden of finally proposing

something with the word ceasefire,

only because it's good for his re-election campaign.

Now, the US resolution got 11 votes out of the 15 current members.

In addition to Russia and China, Algeria also voted no

and Guyana abstained.

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