The United Nations Security Council is due to vote this Friday, March 22, on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza. Previous resolutions of the same type have all been rejected due to the American veto.
But this time, the text is proposed by the United States, and it's a particularly notable change. The US decision was announced as the secretary of state embarked on an Arab tour during which he met the heads of state of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. This timing aims above all to show that Washington was taking the Arab world into consideration, and more importantly, to recover the vote of Arab-Muslims in the swing state of Michigan.