Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “I believe Palestinian efforts to join international entities are premature and counterproductive.”

Ukraine is not theirs to take. It’s not theirs to have elections in. They have attacked a sovereign, independent country.

basic humanitarian assistance should never be held hostage to political disagreements.

It’s very difficult to take any of the five permanent members with veto rights over anything that goes on in the Security Council, it’s hard to get them off.

So, we don`t want to treat them, even though they are a permanent member of the security council, they are not behaving with the responsibility that we would expect of a permanent member of the Security Council.