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May 20, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-mideast-gaza-un.html

U.S. Allows UN Council to Rebuke Israel on Gaza

(Reuters/New York Times) The U.S. allowed adoption of a UN Security Council resolution rebuking Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes by abstaining rather than using its veto power to kill the measure. James Cunningham, the U.S. deputy ambassador, told the council he abstained because the resolution did not touch on "terrorists smuggling weapons into Gaza through tunnels.'' "While we believe that Israel has the right to act to defend itself and its citizens, we do not see that its operations in Gaza in the last few days serve the purposes of peace and security,'' Cunningham said.

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