Security Council: Zionist entity's shield of impunity must fall

NEW YORK (United Nations)- The shield of impunity enjoyed by the Zionist entity must fall, Algeria's UN permanent representative Amar Bendjama said Wednesday, in New York, after the Security Council's failure to adopt a draft resolution on ceasefire in Gaza.

"The shield of impunity, of immunity must fall," Bendjama said in a statement after the vote, stressing that the failure to adopt the draft resolution reveals why the Zionist entity continues its crimes against the Palestinian people, mainly in Gaza, who are singled out for a savage assault.

He pointed out that the Zionist entity has always felt protected while the

victims (of its crimes) were buried with no names, no headlines, no reckoning, no investigation and no accountability."

The draft resolution proposed by the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council was blocked by the US veto, while the 14 other members voted in favour.

"The draft resolution that was halted today was not the voice of the few, but the collective will of the entire world, north and south, east and west. Fourteen out of 15 Security Council members."

The Algerian diplomat said that "it was a message to the people of Palestine: you are not alone. You are not alone. And it was a message to the Israeli occupier: The world watched you."

"We must speak loudly," he said, not to state a position, "but for the sake of memory, of morality and of the human spirit."

"This (draft) humanitarian resolution, even in its obstruction, by a veto, is a mirror, a mirror that reflects the agony of multilateralism and the urgent need to revive it."

"Today, the elected members of the Council have stood with clarity, conviction and courage. They are the proud bearer of moral legitimacy; they are the true compass of the world's conscience."

Bendjama quoted a statement by the president of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune: "Algeria will not abandon Palestine."

"We have stood with it in its pain, and we will stand with it in its resurrection."

The diplomat stressed that the "Council should have acted to impose a ceasefire in Gaza" for "the killing of Palestinian children to not become a mere pastime" and "for starvation not to be legitimized as a weapon" and "for future generations not grow up scorning international law."

He pointed out, however, that Wednesday's vote "is not a conclusion," as it will not put an end to the efforts to stop the Zionist crimes against the Palestinian people.

"We will return to this Council again and again, we will return for the children who died," Algeria's UN representative said.

"We will return for the women forced to give birth on roads lined with rubbles and flame, we will return for the fathers who built homes with bare hands only to watch them collapse in seconds."

Algeria's UN representative concluded saying "we will return because the Palestinians deserve to live in freedom, in dignity. We are not tired. We are not resigned. We will come back, and soon."