The United States appealed on Sunday to all members of the UN Security Council, which is meeting urgently, with a request to strongly condemn the attack by the Palestinian organization Hamas on Israel, according to AFP.

“We hope that all members of the Council will strongly condemn what happened” in Israel, Deputy US Ambassador Robert Wood told reporters before the closed session of the Council.

“We hope to hear from other members of the Council a strong condemnation of these terrible acts of terrorism committed against the Israeli people and their government,” he added, noting that at this stage there is no question of a statement from the Council.

According to some diplomatic sources, the members of the Council are considering the possibility of issuing a joint statement, but the discussions are difficult.

Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun said his country was “in favor” of the Council’s statement. “We condemn all attacks on civilians,” he said, insisting on the need to return to the peace process to reach a two-state solution.

Israel has only one request to the UN Security Council, Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan said: “Hamas’ war crimes must be unequivocally condemned, these incredible atrocities must be condemned,” he added.

“Unfortunately, for some media and politicians, history only begins when Israelis are killed,” replied Palestinian ambassador Riyad Mansour, who represents the Palestinian Authority. — We will never agree to rhetoric that degrades our humanity and denies our rights, rhetoric that ignores the occupation. of our land and the oppression of our people,” he added. “Now is not the time to allow Israel to persist in its terrible choice. It is time to tell Israel to change course and that there is a path to peace where neither Palestinians nor Israelis are killed.”

The Security Council, usually divided on the issue, condemned Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories in January, saying they jeopardized the two-state solution. This was the first decision of the Council on this issue in the last six years.

In December 2016, the Council called on Israel for the first time since 1979 to end settlements in the Palestinian territories. A few weeks before the end of US President Barack Obama’s term, the United States did not exercise its veto power, although it had always supported Israel on this dossier until then and continued to do so afterwards.