WASHINGTON, D.C.: Nearly three years after United States President Joe Biden took office vowing "America is back," the country's international image is taking a beating as his administration backs Israel in its war with Hamas.

In one step back from the newfound isolation, the US, after painstaking negotiations, let through last Friday a United Nations Security Council resolution on humanitarian aid for the battered Gaza Strip, after vetoing two earlier calls to halt the fighting.

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