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Explanation of U.S. Vote Against UN Resolution on Two-State Solution
(U.S. Mission to the UN) Deputy U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus - "U.S. opposition to this resolution should come as no surprise....[It] is yet another misguided and ill-timed publicity stunt that undermines serious diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. Make no mistake - this resolution is a gift to Hamas." "The United States will not participate in this insult to the victims of October 7, but we will continue to lead real-world efforts to end the fighting and to deliver a permanent peace. We should be focused on how to end the war and eliminate and disarm Hamas. This war could end tomorrow if Hamas was disarmed, released hostages, and surrendered. But Hamas continues to refuse." "The declaration engages in disturbing moral equivalence and fails to recognize the reality that Hamas terrorism on October 7 was the reason this war was necessary." "The version of the declaration being voted on today even continues to contain language endorsing the so-called 'right of return,' which would mean the demographic death of Israel as a Jewish state."