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Biden's problem: Israel-Gaza conflict draws in US president

FRANCE24, 18 May 2021
For the third time inside of a week, the United States has blocked the United Nations Security Council from approving a resolution that denounces violence on both sides and calls for a cessation of hostilities. A case of giving diplomacy a chance or siding with Israel as a default position?  The US Ambassador to the UN insists that Washington is "working tirelessly through diplomatic channels" to end the worst fighting in years. 

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