Australian FM: We Would Have Voted Against Anti-Israel UN Resolution

Source: The Tower | December 29, 2016 | TheTower.org Staff

Australia would have voted against last week’s anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations Security Council had it been given the opportunity, the country’s foreign minister said in a statement on Thursday.

Australia is not on the Security Council and therefore could not vote on the resolution, which criticized Israeli presence in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem, including the Old City. But Foreign Minister Julie Bishop stated that “in voting at the UN, the Coalition government has consistently not supported one-sided resolutions targeting Israel.” She urged both Israel and the Palestinian Authority to refrain from damaging actions and “resume direct negotiations for a two-state solution as soon as possible.”

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