Thursday 21 December 2017

UN vote against moving US Embassy to Jerusalem

UN votes 128-9 to condemn US Embassy move to Jerusalem


The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly defied U.S. warnings and voted Thursday to condemn President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the U.S. Embassy there from Tel Aviv.
The resolution passed with 128 member states voting in favor of the resolution, nine voting against, and 35 countries abstaining.
Notable abstentions included U.S. allies Canada and Australia, as well as others like Mexico and Argentina.
The vote came after U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley issued a stern warning United Nations that the United States "will remember" countries that voted for the measure.
Haley hinted that U.S. financial support for the U.N. is not guaranteed and that the U.S. should not be expected to support an organization that condemned it.

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