The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Wednesday on a resolution which “demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza respected by all parties.”

The resolution, drafted by the 10 elected members of the council, known as the E10, is the first Gaza-focused resolution to be considered by the council since U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term in January.

JNS reported on Sunday that the United States did not engage substantively in the document’s negotiating process.

An American diplomatic source familiar with the matter told JNS that Washington prefers to focus on ongoing Israel-Hamas negotiations, rather than to try to force a solution on Israel through the United Nations, which has regularly proven unsuccessful.

“This resolution doesn’t a

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