The United States and France do not seem to agree on how to end the strikes between Israel and Palestine.

The American diplomatic mission to the UN has thus taken a stand against the French plan for a Security Council resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities.

The United States "will not support actions that undermine efforts for de-escalation" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, she said.

"We have been clear and consistent that we are focusing on the ongoing intensive diplomatic efforts to end the violence and that we will not support actions which we believe undermine efforts towards de-escalation." , said a spokeswoman for the American mission.

This statement implicitly indicates that Washington is ready to veto the French project if it comes to a vote.

The United States has been blocking a ceasefire call since May 10

The United States, one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, had used its veto in late 2017 to oppose a resolution on the status of Jerusalem after former President Donald Trump's decision to recognize the city as the capital of Israel.

Raising the diplomatic pressure on the United States, which has blocked since May 10 the adoption of a Security Council declaration calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East, France proposed Tuesday to its partners " a short and simple "draft resolution calling for a" cessation of hostilities "and" humanitarian access ", at the risk of robbing Washington.

No advanced voting date

Late Wednesday morning, no text had yet been shared with the 15 members of the Security Council, according to several of them.

"I don't think it was widely shared," said one diplomat.

No date for a vote on the French project has yet been put forward by Paris.

According to another diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity, France submitted its text to the United States, without this source being able to say whether it was Tuesday or Wednesday.

No other great power, permanent member of the Security Council, such as China and Russia for example, had had access to the project Wednesday morning, according to several diplomatic sources.

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