The US has vetoed a draft text providing for extending protection to Palestinian civilians in Gaza. The text proposed by Kuwait garnered 10 votes in favor, but the US vetoed the text, which it said failed to even mention Hamas, and the group’s responsibility for protecting civilians. Before voting on the Kuwaiti text, US Ambassador Nikki Haley said that “the terrorist group Hamas” bore primary responsibility for the “awful” living conditions faced by civilians in Gaza. “Another reality is when the United Nations sides with terrorists over Israel, as the Kuwait resolution does, it only makes a peaceful resolution of this conflict harder to reach,” she added. They were protesting United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and the official opening that day of its embassy there.