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Strike on Qatar ‘unfortunate’ but pursuing Hamas ‘worthy goal’: US
US Ambassador Dorothy Shea has addressed the UN Security Council, describing the strike on Qatar as “unfortunate” and an act that “does not further the US’s or Israel’s goals”.
But Shea reiterated Washington’s stance that “pursuing Hamas is a worthy goal” and called on the Palestinian group to release the remaining captives and disarm.
The ambassador also said Netanyahu had “reiterated his desire for peace” when he spoke to Trump on Wednesday.
A bit premature, but it definitely cooled relations a bit. However we've seen Biden get mad at Netanyhu before as well... For example when Israel bombed a WCK convoy.
‘Israel has lost its main ally’ as US unable to defend Israel at UNSC
What stood out from US Ambassador Dorothy Shea was clearly one thing, without a doubt – she was not able to defend Israel. I’ve sat through dozens of these meeting at the Security Council, and it is always the US, no matter what … that defends Israel unquestionably. Even when it came to the starvation in Gaza, the US was defending Israel.
This, they were not able to defend. [Shea said] this strike on Doha does not advance the interest of the US or even Israel itself.
This was the key line out of this, that Israel has lost its main ally, the US, when it comes to the strike on Doha.
The next two lines show nothing will change...
US likely to continue preventing UNSC from taking action
The US displeasure with Israel’s attack on Qatar’s capital will not be enough to change its attitude towards its ally, American writer and activist Phyllis Bennis says.
“The US will continue to prevent the UNSC from taking action,” Bennis told Al Jazeera.
Bennis noted that the US ambassador to the UN has ignored the fact that a large number of captives have been released through negotiations and described the attack as a worthy goal to go after Hamas – “and in this case, after the negotiators”.
Washington said it was going to ensure that such an attack on Qatar never happens again.
“This implies that they could have prevented it from happening in the first place,” Bennis said.
