As US Torpedoes Truce Proposals, Russia Blames West for Gaza Carnage

The United States appears increasingly isolated on the international stage because of its perceived one-sided support for Israel, Russia’s U.N. ambassador said this week. Vasily Nebenzya made the assertion after the United States voted against two U.N. draft resolutions calling for a ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip. “The American side has essentially given [Israel] a license to kill and now bears full responsibility for every new victim of the conflict,” Mr. Nebenzya said. Home to some 2.3 million Palestinians, the Gaza Strip has remained the target of relentless Israeli airstrikes for the past 10 weeks, since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 and taking hundreds more hostage....