Abbas considers that the veto of the ceasefire in Gaza makes the US "complicit in genocide"

The president considers the US veto "immoral": "A shame that will haunt them for many years"

MADRID, 9 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has accused the United States of becoming "complicit in genocide" in the Gaza Strip after unequivocally condemning the US veto before the UN Security Council of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as an "immoral" act and a "shame" that will haunt the country "for many years."

Yesterday, the United States alone vetoed a resolution promoted by the UN Secretary General himself, António Guterres, arguing that a cessation of hostilities would result in an immediate benefit for the Islamist movement Hamas, and would be counterproductive towards Washington's diplomatic efforts to guarantee the release of the hostages in the hands of the Palestinian militias.

In response, Abbas has described the US position as "aggressive and immoral, and a flagrant violation of all humanitarian values ​​and principles," according to a statement carried by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

"This policy makes the United States complicit in the crime of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Jerusalem," the president added.

The US veto, he considers, is representative of a position "that has become a danger to the world and a threat to international peace and security", and also gives "a new green light to Israel" to continue with its aggression. " and, in historical terms, "it will constitute a shame that will haunt the United States of America for many years.

On the other hand, the president thanked all the member states of the Security Council that voted in favor of the resolution - another 13 voted 'yes' and the United Kingdom abstained - and, with that decision "they took the side of the justice, peace and human ethics".