US proposal for cease-fire in Gaza gets UN Security Council backing
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🗓️ 11 June 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Tuesday June 11th, 2024. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:11.8 | Today. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:18.0 | Today, the latest around a possible ceasefire in Gaza, plus what's being done to prevent soldier suicides |
| 0:21.0 | and chronic absenteeism is plaguing America schools. |
| 0:26.8 | The Biden administration's proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza received the United Nations |
| 0:31.6 | endorsement yesterday when the Security Council voted 14-0 in favor of a resolution supporting the plan. |
| 0:38.0 | Only Russia abstained but did not veto. |
| 0:41.0 | The U.S. drafted the measure and finalized it Sunday after six days of negotiations |
| 0:46.6 | among council members. The three-stage proposal would bring about an immediate stop in the fighting |
| 0:51.6 | between Israel and Hamas, along with the release of Israeli |
| 0:54.5 | hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed |
| 1:00.3 | misgivings about the version of the plan President |
| 1:03.2 | Joe Biden announced on May 31st, though the White House has said |
| 1:07.1 | Israel was involved in creating it. |
| 1:09.8 | Netanyahu is under pressure from the far right flank of his governing coalition to continue the war. |
| 1:15.6 | The Security Council measure says Israel has accepted the truth proposal, presses Hamas to do the same |
| 1:21.5 | and urges both parties to fully implement its terms without delay and without |
| 1:26.0 | condition. But Netanyahu has not voiced such approval and a senior Israeli UN diplomat did not make that commitment either. |
| 1:34.0 | Hamas leaders have responded favorably to the resolution and said in a statement that they are ready to cooperate with mediators over implementing the principles of the plan, quote, that are consistent |
| 1:45.2 | with the demands of our people and resistance, unquote. |
| 1:49.4 | You can read more with a link in today's show notes. |
| 2:00.7 | U.S. soldiers are more likely to die from suicide than in battle. |
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