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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

US envoy to UN says Arab states ‘empowering Hamas’ with Gaza ceasefire motion

Linda Thomas Greenfield wearing a pink jacket speaking at a podium
Linda Thomas Greenfield, the US envoy to the UN, said relations between Israel and Gaza ‘could not go back to the status quo’. Photograph: Andrea Renault/AFP/Getty Images

The US envoy to the UN has accused Arab states of empowering Hamas and turning a blind eye to evil by tabling a draft resolution at the general assembly calling for restraint from Israel but failing to name Hamas as the perpetrators of the massacres of 7 October.

Linda Thomas Greenfield, who faced successive attacks by member states for failing to condemn Israel’s use of violence in Gaza, insisted the US mourned every loss of civilian life but also hit back by claiming the draft motion tabled by Jordan gave cover to Hamas.

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