What’s new: The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution allowing for a cease-fire to commence in Gaza for the month of Ramadan on Monday, March 25th.

• The resolution passed with 14 to none, with the United States absenting, according to the United Nations. The United States has vetoed several resolutions calling for cease-fires in Gaza over the past five months according to the New York Times. Because the United States abstained, the vote passed.

Why it matters: “The main meaning of the resolution is that the world consensus demands a cease-fire in Gaza and the United States is temporarily and conditionally willing to support that consensus at least symbolically,” said Dr. Jacek Lubecki, associate professor of political science at Georgia Southern.

• Security council resolutions are considered international law but the United Nations has no means of enforcing the resolution. The war is still going on, but the International community is continuing to pressure Israel to commence a cease-fire.

• The resolution calls for a ceasefire but with no enforcement mechanisms in place and no specific parties willing to implement it the resolution will not amount to real change, Lubecki said.

What’s next: The war machine in Gaza keeps turning with more than 32,000 deaths from airstrikes and the ground invasion. There is no tangible plan for peace in the region.

• The people in Gaza are actively facing a genocide and the evidence is too copious to ignore. Children are either starving to death or being blown up by airstrikes everyday.  The United State’s policies of support for Israel despite their actions towards the Palestinian people will reflect a dark stain in American history.

• “Then if it’s humanitarian concerns, well how about for everyone,” Lubecki said. “Anybody with humanitarian concerns, if that person is genuine and just not a partisan hack, should understand that everybody in the world deserves the same concern and suffering people are suffering people. In this respect, the suffering of Palestinians is in your face,” said Lubecki.