Israel disapproved of the UN-proposed humanitarian truce in Gaza. During the United Nations General Assembly's Emergency Special Session, Israel's Permanent Representative Gilad Erdan stated that the majority of the community has demonstrated a preference for supporting the defence of Nazi terrorists over supporting Israel, a law-abiding state, in defending its civilian population.
He added that the truth is of no consequence in this body. It is to be noted that just 14 nations including Israel, the US, Hungary, and five Pacific island states voted against the motion, which received 120 votes in favour.
India was one of the 45 nations, the majority of whom are part of the Western military bloc that decided not to participate in the vote during the UNGA's emergency meeting on Friday afternoon in New York.
It is to be noted that in its first action in reaction to the war, the U.N. General Assembly on last Friday adopted a nonbinding resolution advocating for a "humanitarian truce" in Gaza that would end the violence.
After rejecting a Canadian amendment supported by the United States, the 193-member world body approved the resolution by a vote of 120-14 with 45 abstentions. The resolution produced by the Arabs does not reference the demand for the immediate release of hostages abducted by Hamas, or the categorical condemnation of the organization's October 7 "terrorist attacks."
