Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he doesn’t understand why the United States “insists on opposing” Palestinians, Al Jazeera reports.

“We regret that the United States, the largest democracy in the world, obstructed three times draft resolutions of the Security Council demanding Israel to observe a ceasefire,” He said. “The US alone stood and said, ‘No, the fighting is going to continue.’”

He added that this only encouraged Israel to continue its offensive.

“As long as the US is supporting it, then why not keep going?”