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[19] [20] She further demanded of the Security Council to link the release of all hostages to any ceasefire, characterizing the resolution as "non-binding". [5] The US State Department noted that the US abstention did not indicate a change in US policy, and also stated that the US saw the ceasefire resolution as nonbinding. [21]
The US resolution was "deliberately misleading" and designed to throw "a bone" to American voters demanding Biden call for a ceasefire. Did the U.S. resolution call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza?
A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was also reached on 17 January 2025. The agreement was confirmed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office shortly after midnight on 18 January local time. [20] It was set to go into effect 19 January 2025. [20] On 19 January, the ceasefire was set to go into effect at 8:30 A.M. local time.
On 4 March, US vice president Kamala Harris called for "an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks" because of "the immense scale of suffering in Gaza". She said Israel must let more aid into Gaza and called on Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal involving the release of hostages. [ 79 ]
Artists4Ceasefire is a collective of actors, filmmakers, and other artists calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war in Gaza, the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians, and the release of all hostages. [1] [2] [3] The collective was started on October 20, 2023, two weeks after the October 7 attacks. [4]
A ceasefire can be temporary with an intended end date or may be intended to last indefinitely. A ceasefire is distinct from an armistice in that the armistice is a formal end to a war whereas a ceasefire may be a temporary stoppage. [5] The immediate goal of a ceasefire is to stop violence but the underlying purposes of ceasefires vary.
Fahrenheit 9/11 is a 2004 American documentary film directed and written by, and starring filmmaker, director, political commentator and activist Michael Moore. [2] The subjects of the film are the presidency of George W. Bush, the Iraq War, and the media's coverage of the war.
It did not receive the required nine votes in the UNSC, only receiving four votes in favor, four votes against, and six abstaining. [2] On October 18, a Brazilian UNSC resolution calling for a ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries and including an explicit condemnation of Hamas actions against Israel, was vetoed.