The United States blocked a United Nations Security Council statement supporting the right of Palestinian Arabs to “demonstrate peacefully” on the border with Israel.
Prior to Friday’s protest, the U.S. State Department issued a statement on the Gaza protests that said it, “strongly urges protest leaders to communicate loudly and clearly that protestors should march peacefully; should abstain from all forms of violence; should remain outside the 500-meter buffer zone; and should not approach the border fence in any way or any location.”