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An overwhelming majority of 128 member states voted in favor of the resolution, with only 9 voting against and 35 abstaining; Netanyahu says Israel ‘completely rejects preposterous’ decision
\nIn a major diplomatic blow to Israel and U.S. President Donald Trump, the UN General Assembly passed a\u00a0resolution\u00a0rejecting\u00a0the American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, with 128 member states voting in favor of the resolution and a mere nine voting against it.
\nAmong the countries that voted in favor of the resolution are India, Russia and China, all countries Netanyahu has touted as allies recently. However, some countries surprised Israel by breaking the consesus at the UN, such as Hungary, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Romania, Croatia and Poland.\u00a0
\n“Israel completely rejects this preposterous resolution,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said minutes after the results were announced.\u00a0
\n\u00a0“Jerusalem is our capital, always was and always will be. But I do appreciate the fact that a growing number of countries refuse to participate in this theater of the absurd,” the premier charged in a live Facebook video.
\nNetanyahu went on to add: “So I appreciate that and especially I want to again express our thanks to President Trump and Ambassador Haley for their stalwart defense of Israel and their stalwart defense of the truth.”
\nNetanyahu used strong words to bash the international body even before the vote,\u00a0calling it a “house of lies”\u00a0and proclaiming that “the State of Israel rejects this vote outright” and that “Jerusalem is our capital, we will continue to build there and additional embassies will move to Jerusalem.”
\nThe General Assembly’s emergency discussion was being held at the request of Turkey and Yemen, who turned to the UN after an Egyptian draft resolution was presented to the Security Council and\u00a0was vetoed by the United States, although the other 14 member states voted in its favor.
\nThroughout Thursday,\u00a0Israel attempted to convince a few dozen countries\u00a0to at least abstain or absent themselves from the vote. Israel has also asked that at the very least for these countries not to speak at the session. The Israeli efforts have been coordinated with the United States.
\nSpeculations on how certain countries will vote emerged earlier Thursday, and according to Reuters both Canada and Mexico are expected to abstain.\u00a0
\nNetanyahu himself participated in the efforts directly, speaking personally to dignitaries such as the prime minister of the Czech Republic.
\nIsraeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Dannon ripped into those supporting the resolution, saying: “You are puppets being pulled by the strings of the Palestinian puppet masters. You are blind to the lies, blind to the manipulations, just like puppets. The Palestinians know this resolution is a fraud.
\n“This resolution is nothing more than a distraction. I have no doubt that today\u2019s resolution will end up in the trash bin of history,” Dannon said.
\nThe Palestinian Observer in the UN, Riyad Mansour, retorted by saying that the Palestinian people “will not accept religious excuses to justify annexation.”\u00a0
\nMansour went on to add that Trump\u2019s recognition of Jerusalem \u201cwill not impact the status and position of the Holy City whatsoever, but it will impact the status of the United States as a mediator of peace.\u201d
\n\u201cWe cannot help but ask- what does this decision serve?\u201d Mansour charged. \u201cIt serves the Israeli government in implementing its colonial plans,\u201d he said.
\nMansour added that the Palestinians “will not accept a religious excuse to justify an annexation of land. This organziation is now undergoing an unprecedented test with \u2018Palestine\u2019 being its headline.”
\nYemen’s Permanent Representative at the UN, Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany, began the session by introducing the draft resolution his country brought before the world body along with Turkey, which set in motion the emergency session.
\nAlyemany called Israeli presence in Jerusalem a “forceful annexation of land, serious threat to peace and stability” and urged that “East Jerusalem continues to be occupied, Palestine has the right to sovereignty” in the city.
\nHe went on to say that Yemen calls “on all states to not recognize any steps and any measurements that run counter to that.”
\nBashar\u00a0Jaafari, Syria’s Ambassador the UN, said that the “U.S. has never been and will never stand as a neutral party or a qualified mediator in any attempt to solve the American-Palestinian conflict.
\nJaafri further slammed the U.S., saying: “The arrogance of this country… that treats this organization like school children that have to be scolded when they don\u2019t yield to their authority.”
\nLiu Jieyi, the Chinese ambassador the UN said his nations “supports the cause of the Palestinian people,” adding that “This will never change.”
\nHouse of lies<\/strong>
\nSpeaking hours before the vote, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used strong words to bash the world body,\u00a0calling it a “house of lies”\u00a0and proclaiming that “the State of Israel rejects this vote outright” and that “Jerusalem is our capital, we will continue to build there and additional embassies will move to Jerusalem.”
\nNetanyahu also said that various countries around the world are\u00a0changing their attitude toward Israel, “and this will eventually seep into the walls of that house of lies.”
\nThe General Assembly’s emergency discussion is being held at the request of Turkey and Yemen, who turned to the UN after an Egyptian draft resolution was presented to the Security Council and\u00a0was vetoed by the United States, although the other 14 member states voted in its favor.
\nThroughout Thursday, Israel attempted to convince a few dozen countries to at least abstain or absent themselves from the vote, even if they do not vote against it. Israel has also asked that at the very least for these countries not to speak at the session. The Israeli efforts have been coordinated with the United States.
\nSpeculations on how certain countries will vote emerged earlier Thursday, and according to Reuters both Canada and Mexico are expected to abstain.\u00a0
\nNetanyahu himself participated in the efforts directly, speaking personally to dignitaries such as the prime minister of the Czech Republic.\u00a0
\nOn Wednesday evening, the Israeli Foreign Ministry sent a cable to Israeli missions around the world providing further instructions, asking them to turn to the Jewish organizations in their countries and ask them to apply pressure on their local governments on the vote.
\nNonetheless,\u00a0Israel has asked its envoys worlwide to avoid embarrassment\u00a0and to carefully consider their reactions to the results of the vote.\u00a0
\nU.S. President Donald Trump spoke in defense of Israel and his monumental declaration,\u00a0threatening to cut off financial aid\u00a0to countries that vote in favor of the resolution.
\n“They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us,” Trump said. “Well, we’re watching those votes. Let them vote against us. We’ll save a lot. We don’t care.”
\nThese are the top 10 recipients of U.S. aid, prior to the General Assembly’s vote on the resolution Thursday:
\nSpeaking to reporters at the White House Wednesday, Trump also expressed support for a letter sent by U.S. Ambassador to the\u00a0United Nations\u00a0Nikki Haley, in which\u00a0she warned member states against supporting the resolution.
\n“The president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested I report back on those who voted against us,” she wrote in a letter obtained by Haaretz. “Thank you for your consideration, and please do not hesitate to contact my team with any questions or concerns.”
\nSource: www.haaretz.com
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