The United Nations continues to try to find ways to force Israel into a ceasefire in Gaza as they have almost from the beginning. The latest effort is a proposed resolution involving additional humanitarian aid to be delivered to the Gaza Strip. The original proposal included a demand for a “cessation of hostilities” as part of the deal, but the United States has reportedly been in negotiations to remove or alter that language. We are trying to avoid the need to veto yet another resolution as we did with the original ceasefire demand, particularly since we would be vetoing more aid for the Palestinians. The Arab nations in particular are trying to force the issue as you would expect, and a vote scheduled for today may need to be delayed.

The United States, key allies and Arab nations engaged in high-level diplomacy in hopes of avoiding another U.S. veto of a new U.N. resolution on desperately needed aid to Gaza ahead of a long-delayed vote now scheduled for Thursday morning.

The U.S. has been struggling to change the text’s references to a cessation of hostilities in the Israel-Hamas war. Another sticking point is the inspection of aid trucks into Gaza to ensure they are only carrying humanitarian goods. The current draft proposes a U.N. role, an idea Israel is likely to oppose.

U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters on his way back from Milwaukee, Wisconsin late Wednesday afternoon that “we’re negotiating right now at the U.N. the contours of a resolution that we may be able to agree to.”

I am forced to once again give credit to Joe Biden for trying to hold the line here. You can almost feel his knees weakening every day as he comes under fire from his own base over the war in Gaza and his continued support of Israel’s right to defend herself. But at least for now, he seems to be holding the line.

Neither side in these negotiations has an enviable position. The nations demanding a ceasefire and arguing for “Justice for Palestine” don’t want to wind up making humanitarian aid for the Palestinians conditional on a situation they have no control over. But if this resolution falls apart, that’s pretty much exactly what they’ll be doing.

At the same time, every time Joe Biden does or says anything in support of Israel, the pro-Hamas protests on American campuses only grow louder and his poll numbers continue to tank. If any action by this administration at the UN results in less aid going into Gaza you can expect those noises to further increase in volume. Biden’s best option would probably be to remove the “cessation” langue while ramping up the aid packages, assuming that’s still possible.

In the end, of course, we are once again talking about a resolution that is essentially meaningless. The United Nations has no authority over Israel or any other nation and they do not have the ability to force a ceasefire. Israel will cease their military activity when the threat has been neutralized, though they may allow a few more “pauses” in the interest of getting more hostages released. If the globalists at the UN really want this war to end quickly, they should be loudly encouraging Hamas to surrender and release all of the remaining hostages. That would end things almost instantly. But don’t expect that to happen any time soon. Most of the countries involved in the debate view Israel as an “occupier,” just as all of the kids making noise on American college campuses do.