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The Biden administration insists its support for Israel has not changed since Oct. 7, but Israeli officials and critics argue the decision to abstain from voting against a U.N. cease-fire resolution marks a clear shift in policy.
“The U.S. did not veto today the new text that calls for a cease-fire without the condition of releasing the abductees,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. “This is a clear withdrawal from the U.S.’s consistent position in the Security Council since the beginning of the war.”
Following the vote, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the resolution is nonbinding, with “no impact at all on Israel and Israel’s ability to continue to go after Hamas,” and a clear insistence that “it does not represent a change at all in our policy.”