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The Washington Post** said in a report entitled "As the Gaza Crisis Worsens, the United States Is Isolated at the G20 Meeting" on February 22 that the United States' stance against an immediate ceasefire in Gaza has been repeatedly criticized during the G20 foreign ministers' meeting, which is the latest sign of Washington's isolation on this issue.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira is the host of this year's G20 foreign ministers' meeting, and he denounced the "paralysis" of the UN Security Council at the beginning of the meeting, the report said. Earlier this week, the United States vetoed for the third time a Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
"This state of inaction has led to the loss of innocent lives," Vieira said. ”
Senior diplomats at the meeting — including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov — reportedly offered their views on various geopolitical issues at a meeting that was not open to the public so that they could express their views more candidly. However, due to an error, a small group of reporters, including the Washington Post reporter, heard the meeting without the host's knowledge, as headsets had been ** these speeches.
As a close ally of the United States, Australia supports an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and strongly warns Israel that a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah could cause "further destruction". The representative of Australia, Katie Gallagher, said: "Once again, we say to Israel — don't go down this path. This is unforgivable. ”
South Africa accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and said world leaders had "let it go." South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, said: "We have failed the Palestinian people. ”
The inadvertent remarks were in stark contrast to last year's G20 meeting in India, where Blinken sought to unite world powers to condemn Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, the report said. At the time, Blinken invoked the UN Charter and the principle of sovereignty to criticize Moscow's land grabbing. But in Brazil, diplomats have similarly invoked those principles to criticize the ongoing war in Gaza. The United States has provided Israel with political cover and billions of dollars worth of bombs and military equipment in Gaza.
The representative of South Africa said: "If we are united by the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, the tragedy in Palestine will not continue to ......”
Analysts say Washington's global standing is declining. Richard Gohn, an expert on multilateral affairs at the International Crisis Research Organization, said: "A year ago, the United States put Russia at a disadvantage over Ukraine. Now, Biden** looks set to lose control of the situation in Ukraine and Gaza, and possibly the November elections as well. ”
According to the U.S. Flag News Agency**Feb. 23**, this week's G20 foreign ministers' meeting showed how isolated Washington's continued support for Israel can become during months of Israel's indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza.
Some journalists stumbled upon senior diplomats speaking at a closed-door meeting through unturned headphones, the report said. In the speech, some of America's closest allies expressed disappointment at the mass deaths in the Gaza Strip. Many allies seem to suggest that more such losses could be avoided if the United States could join others in calling for a ceasefire.
The report pointed out that Washington's isolated stance on the Israel issue has allowed China and other countries to gain a firm foothold on the Middle East issue. How to deal with the Israel issue is a domestic challenge for the United States **Biden. Biden's response to this crisis will in part affect the campaign he faces this year. (Compiled by Xu Yanhong and Pan Xiaoyan).
*: Refer to the news network).