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US Slams Defeated UN Resolution On Jerusalem As ‘an insult’

United States Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday slammed as “an insult” a UN draft resolution rejecting the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital … Continue reading US Slams Defeated UN Resolution On Jerusalem As ‘an insult’


Members of the UN Security Council raise their hands as they vote on a draft resolution that would reject US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel during a meeting on the situation in the Middle East including Palestine on December 18, 2017, at UN Headquarters in New York. KENA BETANCUR / AFP
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley speaks during the UN Security Council meeting over the situation in the Middle East on December 18, 2017, at UN Headquarters in New York. 
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United States Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday slammed as “an insult” a UN draft resolution rejecting the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital after blocking it with a veto.

“What we witnessed here today in the Security Council is an insult. It won’t be forgotten,” said Haley, describing the measure as “one more example of the United Nations doing more harm than good in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

Members of the UN Security Council raise their hands as they vote on a draft resolution that would reject US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel during a meeting on the situation in the Middle East including Palestine on December 18, 2017, at UN Headquarters in New York. KENA BETANCUR / AFP