Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently said officials are pursuing “every avenue we can” for a ceasefire deal.

On Wednesday, the U.S. was one of just a handful of countries to vote against a resolution in the UN General Assembly this week calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, despite the Biden administration’s supposed renewed efforts to obtain a ceasefire before Donald Trump is in office.

The resolution, which also called for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, passed the assembly 158 to 9, with 13 abstentions. Italy and Germany, which have previously abstained from similar votes, voted for a ceasefire for the first time, leaving the U.S. one of the only major world powers to not approve of a ceasefire resolution.

  • @NaichEnglish
    17•9 hours ago

    Perpetual war is good for business.

      • @qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4•6 hours ago

        the ferengi are moral giants when compared to any recent US administration - and, with the 2024 election, perhaps the us as a whole. :-|

        • @samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
          5•5 hours ago

          Quark : I think I figured out why Humans don’t like Ferengi.

          Sisko : Not now, Quark.

          Quark : The way I see it, Humans used to be a lot like Ferengi: greedy, acquisitive, interested only in profit. We’re a constant reminder of a part of your past you’d like to forget.

          Sisko : Quark, we don’t have time for this.

          Quark : You’re overlooking something. Humans used to be a lot worse than the Ferengi: slavery, concentration camps, interstellar wars. We have nothing in our past that approaches that kind of barbarism. You see? We’re nothing like you…we’re better.

        • Lem JukesEnglish
          3•5 hours ago

          We know all about your ‘root beer’, your ‘atom bombs’…