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“Pushing toward a vote on a Security Council resolution at this point I think is unfortunate,” said Robert Wood, deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
While the United States is expected to veto the Palestinian Authority’s U.N. membership bid, the administration has signaled this may not be the case.
“U.S. law requires the United States to cut off all funding to the U.N. if the U.N. admits Palestine as a member state,” the Republicans said.
The “belated retraction” by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ is “insufficient to repair the harm already caused by their mistake,” Joe Truzman of FDD told JNS.
António Guterres neglected Israeli hostages at first. He then noted them and Hamas’s sexual crimes but followed up with twice as many posts criticizing the Jewish state.
“If Hitler were alive today, he would be singing the U.N.’s praises,” said Israeli envoy Gilad Erdan.
The United States is expected to block the revived 2011 application: “Our position has not changed,” said Washington’s deputy ambassador.
“We are deeply concerned Israel has not done enough to protect humanitarian aid workers or civilians,” said John Kelley, U.S. political minister counselor in New York.
The new anti-Israel statement is the U.N. council’s 105th, according to Meirav Eilon Shahar, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority submitted a request for the United Nations Security Council to accept “Palestine” as a full member.
“As we look at the protests on the streets in the Arab world, there’s a sense that the countries in the region fear those protests,” the U.S. envoy said.
Iran’s U.N. ambassador: “The United States is responsible for all crimes committed by the Israeli regime.”
