US Vetoes UNSC Resolution on Withdrawing Trump’s Al-Quds Decision
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The United States further isolated itself as it vetoed a UN Security Council's resolution calling for the annulment of US President Donald Trump's controversial bid to recognize al-Quds as the so-called ‘Israeli' ‘capital'.
Fourteen members of the 15-member council voted on Monday in favor of the Egyptian-drafted resolution, which did not specifically name the US or Trump but expressed "deep regret at recent decisions concerning the status of ‘Jerusalem'" al-Quds, while US Ambassador Nikki Haley wielded Washington's veto against the call.
"What we witnessed here in the Security Council is an insult. It won't be forgotten. We do it [the veto] with no joy, but we do it with no reluctance," Haley considered after casting the US veto.
"The fact that this veto is being done in 'defense' of American sovereignty and in defense of America's role in the Middle East peace process is not a source of embarrassment for us; it should be an embarrassment to the remainder of the Security Council," She further claimed after the vote.
Washington's key allies the UK, Italy, France, Ukraine and Japan were all among the 14 countries that voted in favor of the measure, which asserted that "any decisions and actions, which purport to have altered the character, status or demographic composition of the Holy City of [al-Quds] have no legal effect, are null and void and must be rescinded in compliance with relevant resolutions of the Security Council."
Relatively, in a statement released shortly after the UNSC vote, the Palestinian government strongly denounced as "unacceptable" the American veto, saying the highly provocative move "threatens the stability of the international community because it disrespects it."
Speaking to reporters, Nabil Abu Rudeina, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said the US veto of the UN resolution was "unacceptable and threatens the stability of the international community, because it disrespects it."
Abu Rudeina said the support for the resolution, which included US allies France, Italy and Japan, "showed the [American] isolation," adding, "The international community must work now to protect the Palestinian people."
On December 6, Trump announced his decision to recognize the holy occupied city of al-Quds as the Zionist entity's so-called ‘capital' and relocate the US embassy in occupied lands from Tel Aviv to al-Quds.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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