U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield casts a veto vote during a UN Security Council meeting on the Israel–Hamas war, at U.N. Headquarters in New York City on Feb. 20, 2024. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
The United States exercised its permanent veto on Feb. 20 over a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas.
The resolution was introduced by Algeria, which has no formal diplomatic ties with Israel.
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
