UN condemns US recognition of Jerusalem in 128-9 vote

Source: Washington Examiner | December 21, 2017 | Joel Gehrke

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted 128-9 to condemn the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, in defiance of the Trump administration warnings that countries who join in such a rebuke risk a loss of foreign aid.

That warning from the U.S. was met with hostility from other UN members.

“Such an attitude is unacceptable,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said of the “bullying” threat from the U.S. “You can be strong but it doesn’t make you right.”

Nikki Haley, speaking minutes later, was unmoved.

“America will put our embassy in Jerusalem,” she said. “That is what the American people want us to do and it is the right thing to do. No vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that. But this vote will make a difference on how Americans look at the UN, and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the UN, and this vote will be remembered.”

The U.S. was joined by eight other U.N. members in rejecting the resolution: Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, and Togo.

Thirty-five other members abstained, including Canada. That’s a relatively strong showing for the United States, which usually comes out on the losing side of Israel-related votes at the UN.

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