US vetoes draft resolution of the UN Security Council calling for an immediate truce in Gaza Strip

The US has been widely condemned after it vetoed a draft resolution at the UN calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Thirteen members of the security council voted in favour of the draft; the UK abstained.

Al Jazeera's Senior Political Analyst Marwan Bishara explains the motivations behind Israel's pursuit of the war, nevertheless of its duration.

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