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U.S. Vetoes UN Security Council Vote Rejecting Trump's Jerusalem Declaration
The United States vetoed a UN Security Council vote on a resolution seeking to reaffirm Jerusalem's status as unresolved, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize it as Israel’s capital.
All other of the 14 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the Egyptian-sponsored resolution. This was the first time the United States exercised its veto power at the UN Security Council since Trump took office.
During the session, UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov spoke about developments in Israel, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip in 2017, noting settlement growth, number of terrorist attacks, and statistics regarding violence. He cited settlement construction, continued violence against civilians and incitment and the Palestinian reconciliation deal as the main develpoments.
Regarding settlement construction, Mladenov said that since the resolution's passing, "some 1,200 units in the occupied West Bank were approved for construction, approximately 460 of them in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim," as well as new housing units in the "new settlement of Amihai, a new neighborhood in Kochav Yaakov, and a new site near Alon Shvut." He also said that new "construction of infrastructure in Givat Hamatos...would solidify the ring of settlements isolating East Jerusalem from the southern West Bank."
All other of the 14 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the Egyptian-sponsored resolution. This was the first time the United States exercised its veto power at the UN Security Council since Trump took office.
During the session, UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov spoke about developments in Israel, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip in 2017, noting settlement growth, number of terrorist attacks, and statistics regarding violence. He cited settlement construction, continued violence against civilians and incitment and the Palestinian reconciliation deal as the main develpoments.
Regarding settlement construction, Mladenov said that since the resolution's passing, "some 1,200 units in the occupied West Bank were approved for construction, approximately 460 of them in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim," as well as new housing units in the "new settlement of Amihai, a new neighborhood in Kochav Yaakov, and a new site near Alon Shvut." He also said that new "construction of infrastructure in Givat Hamatos...would solidify the ring of settlements isolating East Jerusalem from the southern West Bank."
read more: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.829759
