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US votes down Security Council meeting
The United States has blocked a UN Security Council meeting on Friday to discuss the new flare-up between Israel and the Palestinians, three diplomats told the AFP news agency.
In its statements this week on the Mideast crisis, the US has said Israel has the right to defend itself from rocket attacks launched by the Islamist movement Hamas from the Gaza Strip.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said later on Thursday that they wanted to organize the meeting early next week .
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