United Nations, December 9 (RHC)-- Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan thanked the United States on Friday for vetoing a draft Security Council resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. 

Erdan thanked President Joe Biden "for standing firm with us," in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, and added: "A little of the light repelled much of the darkness." 

Criticizing the draft resolution proposed by the United Arab Emirates and co-sponsored by some 97 countries for its lack of condemnation of Hamas, Erdan said if it had been passed, it would "effectively allowed Hamas to continue its reign of terror in Gaza."

Israel's ambassador to the UN neglected to mention that Tel Aviv doesn't recognize the UN International Court of Justice and has consistently violated all United Nations resolutions calling on the Zionist state to return Palestinian territories to its rightful owners.