US prevents UN condemnation of Israel over West Bank deaths [View all]

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN Security Council failed to agree on a statement that would have deplored the deaths of Palestinians in Israeli operations following the abduction of three Israeli teenagers.

Diplomats said Jordan insisted that “deploring” wasn’t strong enough and US Ambassador Samantha Power said any language directly criticizing Israel would be “a red line” for the Americans. The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because the consultations were closed.

Since the youths disappeared from a hitchhiking stop in the southern West Bank on June 12, Israel has rounded up hundreds of Palestinians in a bid to find them, while also crushing the West Bank network of Islamist movement Hamas, which it accuses of abducting the teens.

Troops have also killed four Palestinians in raids in the past week, and on Monday the United Nations called the deaths in the security sweep “alarming.”

http://www.timesofisrael.com/un-fails-to-condemn-palestinian-deaths-in-west-bank-raids/