The United States vetoed again today, for the third time. Security Council resolution on the war in the Gaza Strip, submitted by Algeria and calling for “immediate ceasefire” in Palestinian territory.

The resolution had 13 votes in favor, one abstention from the United Kingdom and one dissenting vote from the United States, but it was not adopted because the U.S. veto thanks to its status as a permanent member (along with Russia, China, France and the UK).

American Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield justified her vote by saying “jeopardizes delicate negotiations” continues, and today’s vote was “irresponsible.”

These negotiations, he said, are being conducted by his country together with Egypt and Qatar in favor of a six-week pause in hostilities, “and we believe that this (Algerian) resolution could negatively affect these negotiations (…) and could prolong the fighting between Hamas and Israel.”

What’s new at the moment, the ambassador said, is that the United States is working on another resolution of its own, in which it will, for the first time, demand a temporary “truce” from its ally Israel “when conditions are met” and after the release of all hostages held Hamas.

Since the war began in the Gaza Strip, The United States has already vetoed three resolutions demanding their repeal.: The first was presented by Brazil on October 18 and asked Israel for a “humanitarian pause” in the Gaza Strip; On December 8, another similar resolution presented by the United Arab Emirates demanded an immediate ceasefire.

Algeria prepared the first draft of the resolution on January 31, and the US asked it several times to delay the vote in order to make changes – even Secretary of State Antony Blinken called his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf about it – but no changes were to Washington’s liking.

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Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun lamented that the result of today’s vote “demonstrates that on the issue of the Gaza ceasefire, it is clear that it is not a matter of the Security Council not presenting an overwhelming consensus (in its favor). but a veto by the United States would nullify this consensus