NEW YORK: The US ambassador to the UN stood as a lone voice in support of Israel on Monday, as he repeated accusations that the countries that recognized Palestine last week had “rewarded Hamas.”
Mike Waltz was addressing a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East as US President Donald Trump was set to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
Waltz accused the UNSC of having an “obsessive focus” on Israel. “The US continues to work tirelessly to free all 48 hostages and end the war … If we want to end the war, we need to place accountability where it belongs, with the terrorist organization known as Hamas,” he said.
“Members of this body rewarded Hamas for its horrible atrocities, including Oct. 7, by unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian state.”
Hamas “sees actions like that as winning and as a win for them,” Waltz said, calling on the council and UN member states to “pressure Hamas to end the bloodshed.”
