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Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lashed out at the Biden administration over the weekend for vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.

Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) condemned the White House as “shameful” in a post on X after the US nixed the measure, which was backed by all but one other Security Council member and dozens of other nations in the global body.

“The Biden Admin can no longer reconcile their professed concern for Palestinians and human rights while also single-handedly vetoing the UN’s call for ceasefire and sidestepping the entire US Congress to unconditionally back the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza,” she wrote.

Ocasio-Cortez, 34, who has backed President Biden’s re-election bid, has also been openly critical of his approach to Israel’s war against Hamas.

In voting against the resolution Friday, the US claimed that the process was rushed and shunned a handful of its recommendations.

The United Kingdom abstained from voting on the resolution, which would have passed if the US had done the same. The remaining members — Albania, Brazil, China, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Russia, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates — voted in favor.

“It would simply leave Hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on Oct. 7,” Robert Wood, the US deputy ambassador to the UN said following the vote.

“This resolution essentially says Israel should just tolerate this,” Wood added. “We do not support this resolution’s call for an unsustainable cease-fire that will only plant the seeds for the next war.”


  The congresswoman is not happy about the administration’s approach to the war in Israel. AP The congresswoman is not happy about the administration’s approach to the war in Israel. AP

As one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, the US can veto any resolution on its own.

Ocasio-Cortez has publicly called for a cease-fire in Israel, which has been at war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip since the terror group’s Oct. 7 attack, which killed an estimated 1,200 civilians — including 33 Americans.

Other members of the so-called “Squad” have been at odds with Biden on Israel.


  President Biden has been staunchly supportive of Israel since the Oct. 7 attack. REUTERS President Biden has been staunchly supportive of Israel since the Oct. 7 attack. REUTERS

Recently, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the sole Palestinian-American woman in Congress, declared she was holding back her support for Biden’s re-election next year.

“The struggle that I have with the president is a number of issues,” she told the Wall Street Journal over the weekend.

“They feel invisible to the government,” Tlaib told the outlet of her Middle Eastern constituents, “and that’s something I need to have a conversation with [President Biden] about.”


  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

A new WSJ poll has found a deep schism among Democrats over Israel, with 24% saying they sympathize more with the Palestinians, compared to 17% who sympathize more with Israelis, while 48% have equal sympathy for both sides.

Meanwhile, 55% said Israel was engaged in an appropriate response to the Oct. 7 attack, while just 25% believed the Jewish state is going too far and 20% said they didn’t know or refused to answer.

Despite his staunch support of Israel, Biden has scored low with the public over his handling of the crisis— receiving a 37% approval rating and a 52% disapproval rating.


  ‘Squad’ members are facing spirited primary competition from their fellow Democrats. AFP via Getty Images ‘Squad’ members are facing spirited primary competition from their fellow Democrats. AFP via Getty Images

Other “Squad” members such as Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), are facing stiff primary challenges in 2024.

Some of their challengers have hammered them over their lack of support for.

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