In its editorial entitled “A Serious Warning to Israel,” the second in two days, El Pais newspaper wrote on Tuesday that the Security Council has finally moved to confront what is happening in the Gaza Strip, stressing the difficulty of Israel’s relations with Washington regarding the Palestinian issue, and stressing at the same time that the resolution For Israel, it was a “severe diplomatic defeat.”

Its editorial said: “It took half a year for the UN Security Council to react in the only appropriate way to a disastrous war such as the one launched by Israel in response to the Hamas attacks on October 7.” Resolution 2728 adopted yesterday calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and links it, without making it conditional, to the arrival of humanitarian aid and the unconditional release of hostages still held by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.” It appears that despite the threats of the Netanyahu government, Washington refrained this time from using its veto against the UN resolution.

It considers the resolution “the first sign of hope for the Security Council, which has been paralyzed since the start of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, first because of Russia and China’s use of vetoes against resolutions condemning Russian aggression, and then because of the United States’ use of the resolution calling for a permanent truce in the Israeli invasion of Gaza.” The editorial highlights that, for Israel, the decision represented a “severe diplomatic defeat, as it indicated its international isolation and represented the point of greatest tension with the White House.”

Despite Israel's refusal to comply with the resolution and the difficulty of forcing it to implement it, this does not prevent a change in the American position, which now envisages the success of the negotiations, stopping the invasion of Gaza, and lifting the ban on the entry of aid.

Yesterday, Monday, El Pais newspaper published another editorial, highlighting how Israel applies collective punishment against the Palestinians through the weapon of starvation, and stressing the need to hold those responsible for this situation accountable.