After U.S. abstention, U.N. Security Council demands end to Israel settlement building

Reuters

After the United States abstained from voting, the U.N. Security Council on Friday passed a resolution demanding Israel stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, a reversal of U.S. practice to protect Israel from United Nations action.

The resolution was put forward at the 15-member council for a vote on Friday by New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal a day after Egypt withdrew it under pressure from Israel and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Israel and Trump had called on the United States to veto the measure.   

It was adopted with 14 votes in favor, to a round of applause. It is the first resolution the Security Council has adopted on Israel and the Palestinians in nearly eight years.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-un-idUSKBN14C1IV

7 thoughts on “After U.S. abstention, U.N. Security Council demands end to Israel settlement building

  1. “It is the first resolution the Security Council has adopted on Israel and the Palestinians in nearly eight years.”

    If they wag that finger any harder, it’s gonna fall off.

    Smoke & mirrors.

  2. Wow, the US didn’t veto? Maybe Obama and/or other US officials are getting tired of the taste of kosher putz. But Satanyahu has little to fear, as Trump will be getting on his knees and opening wide soon enough.

    So, now what? Will there be enforcement of the Council’s demand? Or will it simply reaffirm its purpose as a selective enforcer of international law and a rubber stamp of political legitimacy for US aggression? Let me take a guess…

    1. My guess is the stinking jews need more fodder for their ‘anti-Semitism’ meme.

      The push for internet censorship escalates accordingly.

  3. Great resolution but Drumpf, and all his butt buddies were spitting nails and cursing the UN. This is a look into the Drumpf future. Greater Israel, war with Iran. a 3 ring circus; Zio-commies, atheist Zionist Israel and the zio-fascist alt-right; all garbage fit for destruction and elimination from the human race.

    Get ready for the biggest magic show in history, you are going have a front row seat as this monstrosity and draconian serpent comes together into one fu##ing oppressive beast; their blood will be poured out at Megiddo…bet on that! These mocking bastards will eat shit. The love to kill, steal, destroy…they will drink blood and will not escape what is coming to their doorstep and many of us will bring it in due season!

  4. Here is another perspective…
    We are going to see an explosion of economic investment and we will be told that a ‘new age’ or paradigm is dawning. It will suck in all the world and produce a drunken euphoria among the nations…this is why you see Drumpf so positive that he will be able to pull off ‘economic miracles’…but it will all be ‘smoke and mirrors’ leading to ‘peace and safety or prosperity’ and then SUDDEN DESTRUCTION…this will be the magic act and the Zio-commi-fascist will deceive all the numbskulls of the world…the grand illusion by the great benefactor of humanity…Lucy! The final deceptive love-fest of perdition. I hope I am wrong but I believe this is the final act and the final curtain will fall and there will be NO ENCORE! There will be a shit storm like never before in history but there will be living witnesses to it.

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