Recently, after several postponements of the resolution, the UN Security Council once again convened an emergency meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the draft proposal for humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip proposed by the UAE was finally adopted by 13 votes in favor, 0 against and 2 abstentions. Since the conflict has been going on for more than two months, the Security Council has held a number of relevant votes on this issue, but the US veto has become the biggest obstacle. On 8 July, the United States vetoed a draft resolution on a humanitarian ceasefire in the Security Council, which was condemned by many countries. Subsequently, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an almost unanimous resolution with an overwhelming vote of 153 in favor, 10 against and 23 abstentions, which truly represents the mainstream public opinion of the international community. And for Israel's sake, the United States, which is retrograde with the international community, is also under widespread pressure.
This time, the United States chose to abstain for the first time, and some people believe that it is because of the pressure of the international community and the "relatively mild" measures taken to resolve the bill. The resolution calls on all parties to the conflict to facilitate the delivery of large quantities of humanitarian assistance to civilians in the Gaza Strip and to create conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities. Changes to the wording of "hostilities" and "monitoring assistance" were key to the abstention of the United States. It is worth noting that the other country that abstained from voting this time was Russia, but Russia wanted to revert to the amendment of the "suspension of hostilities" wording in the original draft, and this time the resolution only mentioned humanitarian relief and did not call for a ceasefire, which caused Russia's dissatisfaction. But the immediate priority must be to ensure that supplies for the survival of civilians in Gaza can get in. The reason why the United States abstained from voting was not so-called international pressure or moderate rhetoric. If the United States cared about moral condemnation, it would not have invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, fanned the flames everywhere, sanctioned other countries, and repeatedly voted for Israel. The real reason is the result of heavy pressure from the Houthis in Yemen, which is a language that the United States understands.
Yemen's Houthis previously announced strikes against Israeli merchant ships and merchant ships heading to Israel until Israel ceases operations and allows outside supplies to enter Gaza. This is not a mouthful of artillery, but a real fight, even if the United States has 2 aircraft carriers nearby, it does not care. Subsequently, the United States announced the formation of a convoy and invited many countries to participate, but few actually took action. The United States is now in a dilemma, the United States is not forming a fleet for the so-called "escort," but for the sake of sea supremacy; if the United States fails to stop the Houthis from arming in one place, where will the face of the US Navy be put in the future. America's adversaries and allies are keeping a close eye on the actions of the United States, and the United States cannot even protect its most important ally, Israel, and the hearts of other allies are scattered. However, if the United States takes action against the Houthis, it may be drawn into the quagmire of war in the Middle East, not to mention that the combat strength of the Houthis should not be underestimated. The United States does not want to fight, but it wants to exert pressure, and the most common way is to negotiate. However, in the face of repeated requests from the United States for negotiations, the Houthis said that they would not hold any negotiations with the United States, because the negotiations with the United States were disgraceful. From this, it can be seen that Yemen's Houthi rebels have mastered the secret of accurately controlling the United States. If it weren't for the Houthi pressure on the Red Sea, it is estimated that the United States would not have compromised so quickly. Since the beginning of the conflict, US military bases in Iraq and Syria have been hit many times, and there have also been artillery attacks on embassies and missile attacks on US warships, but the United States has chosen to swallow its anger, which shows that the Middle East has changed.