The state news agency KCNA reported that Jo Chol Su, director general of the Foreign Ministry’s Department of International Organizations, condemned in a statement that Washington based its decision on Israel’s right to defend itself.

In the face of overwhelming support from UN Security Council members, the US was the only one to veto the draft resolution, which is an insult to the innocent people dying in Palestine, said the official, who described Israel’s attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip as “a bestial airstrike.”

The United States is an accomplice to genocide and the main culprit in the violations of human rights and peace in the Middle East, he said.

Jo recalled, on the other hand, that as proof of the double standards it applies according to its convenience, Washington denies the DPRK’s right to self-defense. He urged the international community to raise its voice in favor of Palestine and against the crimes committed against it.

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