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U.S. Tells UN: "Israel Has Accepted Proposed Terms that Would End the War, but Hamas Continues to Reject Them"

(U.S. Mission to the UN) Morgan Ortagus, Deputy U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, told the UN Security Council on Thursday: "U.S. opposition to this resolution will come as no surprise. It fails to condemn Hamas or recognize Israel's right to defend itself and it wrongly legitimizes the false narratives benefiting Hamas, which have sadly found currency in this Council....The Council instead opted for a performative action - designed to draw a veto." "Let's recall that Hamas started this brutal conflict on Oct. 7, 2023, when it perpetrated the worst massacre and kidnapping of Jews since the Holocaust. To the approval of its supporters, who took to the streets on Oct. 8 to praise what Hamas had done, Hamas promises to repeat Oct. 7. Despite everything, Hamas has no regrets. The lives of Gaza's civilians in harm's way are mere tools in the project to destroy Israel." "We have seen the chilling videos and images of how Hamas has starved the hostages. In this Council we have heard heart-rending testimony from freed hostages of how Hamas brutalized and sexually assaulted them during their captivity. Hamas is responsible for starting and continuing this war. Israel has accepted proposed terms that would end the war, but Hamas continues to reject them. This war could end today if Hamas freed the hostages and laid down its arms." "The resolution seeks an 'immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire' that would leave Hamas in a position to carry out future Oct. 7 attacks, as it has threatened to do so many times. This resolution draws a dangerous false equivalence between Israel and Hamas. There can be no equating the two. Full stop. The hostages in this resolution are a mere afterthought. The United States will never accept this." "This resolution also refuses to acknowledge and seeks to return to a failed system that has allowed Hamas to enrich and strengthen itself at the expense of civilians in need....Gaza has humanitarian needs because of Hamas, and because the international community turned a blind eye to the true use of the billions in aid that it provided....This resolution fails to recognize the reality on the ground that there has been a meaningful increase in the flow of humanitarian aid."
2025-09-21 00:00:00
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