U.S. stands alone in backing onslaught in Gaza
On Friday, October 27, the nations of the world voted in the UN General Assembly, by a vote of 120 to 14, for an "immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities" in Gaza. The resolution was sponsored by the government of sometime U.S. ally King Abdullah of Jordan.
Israel's UN Ambassador responded with utter disdain,